A very appropriate tribute to Diwali, one of the great festivals of the Caribbean, is training the spotlight on Indian dance theatre in Guyana. Foremost on the Guyanese stage during 2022 was the return, at the end of August, of the annual production Naya Zamana, which was outstanding as theatre and rekindled the fire of Indian theatre traditions. It was a conscious, focused production, steady and studied in social and psychological statement but ablaze with spectacle: dazzling designs of colour, costuming, images and symbols in drama, dance and music.
