The Kamarang/Warawatta Village are two distinct Amerindian villages situated at the confluence of the Kamarang and Mazaruni rivers which are conjoined administratively. Like the other twelve Amerindian villages located in Region Seven, in Upper Mazaruni, the others are Arau, Kaikan, Paruima, Waramadong, Kako, Jawalla, Philipai, Chinoweing, Imbaimadai and are home to the Arecuna and Akawaio tribes. The Kamarang/Warawatta administrative village accommodates around one thousand three hundred residents. Kamarang accommodates an administrative infrastructure that includes a hospital, a school, a police station, and modest business houses of various kinds run by coastlanders who have made the community their places of businesses. Most of the businesses ‘hug’ the airstrip, the means by which one gets in and out of Kamarang. The Stabroek Business had learnt before undertaking the trip to Kararang/Warawatta that its casareep ranks among the best in the business. Accordingly, we undertook the journey with Christmas (and more specifically, with Pepperpot) in mind. Contextually, we decided to probe the casareep story more deeply.
