Arts on Sunday

The Pre-Carifesta programme has paid off As the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts gets into full stride, the public awareness campaign in Guyana seems to have already begun to show some positive returns.

‘One people’ Wan one tree so many leaves one tree one river so many creeks all are going to one sea one head so many thoughts thoughts among which one good one must be one God so many ways of worshipping but one Father one Suriname so many hair types so many skin colours so many tongues one people Robin DobruTo be described as Janus-faced is no compliment.

UG has a close partnership with Carifesta management We would like Carifesta X to showcase not only the great cultural talent that this region has spawned over the short period of Caribbean history, but the great philosophical legacy and diverse economic, productive and natural resource capacities that we as a region have to offer.

We have on several previous occasions alluded to the common features of various different traditional festivals and, in particular, those that are primarily religious.