Efforts underway for Indian Arrival Commemoration at Highbury

Collaborative efforts have commenced for the 179th Commemorative Indian Arrival anniversary at Plantation Highbury on May 5, 2017.

According to a Ministry of Education press release, last Friday, a team of officials representing the Ministry of Education, the regional administration, the Indian Action Committee and the Berbice Indian Cultural Committee visited the commemorative site at Plantation Highbury, East Bank Berbice.

The commemoration “normally is a pretty big cultural and religious event with a lot of people flocking to Berbice on their own or they are trucked in from all across Guyana and some even come from overseas for the activity,” the release quoted Regional Chairman, David Armogan, who