Hundreds of persons turned up yesterday at Highbury, East Bank Berbice to celebrate the 178TH Anniversary of the arrival of indentured labourers from India.
The event which was organised by the Berbice Indian Cultural Committee saw a rich cultural programme. A depiction of the MV Whitby, one of the ships that brought the first batch of Indian immigrants to British Guiana was on show. There were also skits, dances, songs, quaseedas as well as tassa drumming.
