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Amerindian life in Guyana by Mary Noel Menezes, 1983

Amerindian stories for young Guyanese by Rose Magdalene, 1980

Report on adult education in British Guiana by Colin A Moore, 1964

Control of our natural resources: Address to the nation by Forbes Burnham, 1971

Social values of secondary students and their occupational preferences by Sar B Khan, 1978

Whole Armour (Faber paper-covered editions) by Wilson Harris, 1973-03-26

Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History by John Hall, 1987-01-01

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Arts & Culture
guyana's rich culture has its roots in its colorful history. Mashramani, guyana'smost colorful and distinctive festival, takes place on Feb. 23, Republic Day.
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Extractions: M ashramani, Guyana's most colorful and distinctive festival, takes place on Feb. 23, Republic Day. The name is derived from an Amerindian word meaning "the celebration of a job well done," and 'Mash' as the festival is often called, is a celebration indeed. Guyanese living abroad often arrange their yearly visits to coincide with the weeklong carnival, which incorporates steel band competitions and sporting events. Masquerade bands appear in the streets and in competitions at National Park, performing dance routines that are a vivid reminder of Guyana's African heritage. Traditional masquerade characters include the bouncer like Mad Bull, Mother Sally (a parody of a plantation lady); flouncers, who beg for money using intricate dance moves; and stick-fighters. Calypsos laced with barbed social commentary are an integral part of 'Mash' celebrations, which culminate in the coronation of the king or queen for the year. The Hindu community celebrates the joyous spring festival Phagwah in March/April (the exact date depends on the lunar cycle). Phagwah commemorates the triumph of good over evil and begins with the burning of the symbolic Holika. Hindus traditionally wear white on Phagwah day and, in one of the festival's highlights, celebrants spray each other with abeer, a red dye symbolizing the blood of the tyrannical King Kiranya, who in Hindu lore was ordered to death by his son Prince Prahalad. Hindus and non-Hindus alike shower powder, perfume and water on family, friends and neighbors.
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Although the culture of independent guyana has become more truly national,the Guyanese people remain divided by ethnic mistrust.
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Extractions: Guyana Guyana Georgetown's public market building THE COMPOSITION OF GUYANESE SOCIETY is a reflection of the country's colonial past. The colony was created by Dutch and British planters who grew sugarcane using the labor of slaves and indentured workers. Ignoring the country's vast interior, the planters constructed dikes and dams that transformed the coast into an arable plain. With the exception of the indigenous Amerindians and a few Europeans, the entire population consisted of imported plantation workers or their descendants. Guyanese culture developed with the adaptation of the forced and voluntary immigrants to the customs of the dominant British. Brought to Guyana as slaves, Africans of diverse backgrounds had been thrown together under conditions that severely constrained their ability to preserve their respective cultural traditions. In adopting Christianity and the values of British colonists, the descendants of the African slaves laid the foundations of today's Afro-Guyanese culture. Arriving later and under somewhat more favorable circumstances, East Indian immigrants were subjected to fewer pressures to assimilate than the Africans had been. As a result, more of their traditional culture was preserved. Although the culture of independent Guyana has become more truly national, the Guyanese people remain divided by ethnic mistrust. The Guyanese elite that has emerged to replace the colonial administration faces the enormous challenge of satisfying the aspirations of the people concerning economic development and educational opportunity.
Society And Culture
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GEN / Web Directory / South America / guyana / Society and culture (25).SubCategories in Society and culture. Personal Homepages (3). Politics (5).
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Guyana - Information On A Little Known Country
Expatriate resources, Resources for Americans fleeing America.Category Regional South America guyana and Personal Up Close and Personal - Dedicated to guyana, Guyanese People, theirhistory, destiny, culture, music, poetry, language and general way of life.
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Extractions: Guyana (pronounced as it is spelled, guyana, not gheeana) is an Amerindian word which means "land of many waters". The country is aptly named because if its profusion of rivers, creeks, and other bodies of water. It is located in the northern part of the Amazon Basin of South America, so it is quite understandable that there should be many waterways to the Atlantic Ocean. The three main rivers are, from west to east, the Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice Rivers. Guyana, formerly British Guiana, is the only English speaking country in South America, and its neighbors are Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) to the west, south and east respectively. Although on the South American continent, Guyana is part of the West Indies and is regarded as the only Caribbean country the rest of the West Indies/Caribbean are island states. At 83,000 sq. miles (215,000 sq.km.) Guyana is about the size of the United Kingdom, and is the largest country in the West Indies. Guyana Real Estate - Property Listings
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Review Country Study guyana Missions CIA Factbook Sounds and News culture ConsularInformation Chinese in guyana Online Paper Education culture Many Waters
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Browsing Regional South America Guyana Society And Culture Category
Browse Regional South America guyana Society and culture
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WebGuest - Open Directory : Regional : South America : Guyana : Society And Cult
Top Regional South America guyana Society and culture (28). PersonalPages (3); Politics (7). See also Regional Caribbean Society
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Extractions: Cariweb Homepages - Guyanese homepages directory. Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots - Presents information about the introduction of the first Chinese immigrants to Guyana (then called British Guiana) between 1853 and 1879. CoconutPalmz.com Caribbean Community - Guyana - Caribbean community focused on those living in the Caribbean and abroad. Discussion forum, chat, links, music, technology, local information and events. DgDg - The official site for Guyanese skaters who need tips, tricks and pics. Guyana - Energy data and energy information for Guyana, South America.
IWon - Travel Guide - History & Culture
iWon Travel. 5 iWon 6 Travel 3 South America 3 guyana History culture, Powered by. HISTORY and culture History culture. History.
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Extractions: History The aboriginal inhabitants of the Guyanese coast were Carib Indians who had driven the peaceful Arawak north and westwards into the Antilles. European settlement didn't occur until 1615, when the Dutch West Indian Company erected a fort and depot on the lower Essequibo River. The Dutch traded with the Indian peoples of the interior, and established riverside plantations - worked by African slaves - and sugar quickly became the dominant crop. While the coast remained firmly under Dutch control, the English were busy establishing sugar and tobacco plantations west of the Suriname River. Conflict between the two countries meant parts of the region changed hands a number of times, but by 1796 Britain had become the major power. In 1834, slavery was abolished forcing many plantations to close or look for another source of labor. The British solved the problem by shipping indentured workers from India. From 1846-1917, almost 250,000 laborers entered Guyana, dramatically transforming the country's demographic balance and laying the basis for persistent ethnic tensions. Guyana achieved independence in 1966 and four years later became a co-operative republic within the Commonwealth. The sugar industry was nationalized and the country's economic base diversified through production of rice and bauxite. However, Guyana's economy was in almost permanent recession up until 1990 as it slid out of mainstream engagement with the rest of the world and experienced the exodus of much of its educated class. Its domestic economy was not helped by border disputes with neighboring Venezuela and Suriname. In 1992, elections installed the US-educated dentist Dr Cheddi Jagan as president. An aging Marxist, Dr Jagan was in danger of seeming an anachronism, but Guyana's recovery meant he was more likely to be consulting the IMF than the teachings of Karl Marx. Dr Jagan's wife Janet became president of Guyana in 1997, amid protests. In summer 1999, Jagan retired from the presidency and named Bharrat Jagdeo as her successor.
BOOKS ON GUYANA
Race, Power, and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (Caribbean Studies, Vol4) Brian L. Moore. Metegee The History and culture of guyana by Ovid Abrams.
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Extractions: In Edge of the Jungle Beebe invites readers to explore with him the literal edge of the largest contiguous tropical rain forest on Earth. In twelve beautifully crafted essays, with lyrical grace and a scientist's eye for detail, he discusses encounters with vampire bats, butterflies, army ants, geckos, opossums, tarantulas, monkeys, and other jungle inhabitants. Land of Waters: The South American Rainforest and Savannah This is an account of the now fast vanishing world of the South American rainforest and savannah. Marine ecologist Ro McConnell spent six years in Guyana studying the delicate ecosystems of the tropics and its flora and fauna as well as observing the tribal customs of the Amerindians. Let's Visit Guyana This study guide contains basic information on economy, government, business, history and geography, climate, traditions, people, places to visit. Provides information on government, political organizations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually. The Guianas
Guyana's People And Culture
Pray that God will provide for the Shultz who have moved to guyana this summer.Pray for the health and education of their children and their faith also.
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Extractions: The Wapishana and Macushi live in the vast grasslands of the Rupununi Savannahs. Traditionally, they live in villages and small settlements near to patches of forest called bush islands, where they carry out their farming activities. Houses are made of adobe and thatched with palm leaves. The Wapishana and Macushi engage in a variety of economic and subsistence activities, ranging from hunting, fishing and farming, through waged labour on the nearby ranches and in Brazil. Like almost all Amerindians of the Americas, the Wapishana and Macushi are confronting serious challenges to their livelihood. Most recently, their rights to the lands they use and occupy have been threatened by mineral prospecting agreements entered into by the Guyanese Government.
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PAR PAYS Amérique guyana culture générale . Niveau Supérieur.
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Guyana Links --SDNP, Guyana
Kaieteur Connection a forum and home for critical aspects ofGuyanese culture. * PAHO guyana. * QC Fire info old info. * St.
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Extractions: A BOUT GUYANA Background Notes: Guyana - U.S. Department of State Carter Center - Global Development Initiative cGuyana.com CIA The World Factbook 2000 Guyana Ethnologue - Languages of the World: Guyana Guyana -A country study Library of Congress, USA Guyana.cc Guyana links Guyana Links on the World Wide Web Guyana Main Guyana News and Information - well known site maintained in USA Guyana News and Information Discussion Forums Guyana useful info - Georgetown University, USA Guyana - LANIC Reference desk GuySeek.com
Education GUYANA - School Improvement Plan
to the school are used to meet the educational needs of the students attendingthe school, the level of support given to the school and the culture of the
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Extractions: AIMS The outcomes of schooling are influenced by the opportunities for effective learning and teaching that are available to students. The latter in turn, are determined by the way in which the resources available to the school are used to meet the educational needs of the students attending the school, the level of support given to the school and the culture of the school and its local community. The main aims of planning for school improvement are: enable the school to focus on the quality of learning and teaching which have a direct impact on the outcomes of the educational process help the individual school to integrate both local and national policies into its own life and culture build strong partnership, between teachers, parents, local community, Regional/Georgetown Education Departments and Central Ministry, in which there is a schared understanding and commitment to school improvement and a shared responsibility for the school's success in achieving such improvement improve and strengthen the management of change by increasing the school's control over the content and pace of change enable manageable priorities to be decided between competing claims for resources with respect to the school's aims and Mission Statement enable the school to become a self-evaluating institution
West Indian Culture
The two main countries that account for the culture are guyana and Trinidad andTobago. guyana is a country situated on the northern shore of South America.
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Extractions: The West Indian culture is a very lively and exuberant one. Although the culture originated from India, over several centuries, the culture has grown into a very unique and interesting one that adds a very distinct flavor to the Indian community. The two main countries that account for the culture are Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana is a country situated on the northern shore of South America. With 70% of the country being tropical rain forest, the natural beauty of Guyana is simply incredible. The population of Guyana is comprised of 6 ethnic groups African (40%), East Indian (51%), Chinese, Portuguese, European, Amerindian, and Mixed. With the exception of the Amerindians, all Guyanese tend to live on the coastline. The population of Guyana is estimated to be around 825,000. Mainstream religion is broken down into Christian (57%), Hindu (33%), Muslim (9%). The national language is English, although there are many different languages and dialects, especially among the Amerindian peoples. Trinidad and Tobago are the southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles. The islands were discovered and named by Christopher Columbus in 1498. The Spanish were the first to colonize Trinidad in 1592, but it was later captured by the British in 1797. As in Guyana, immigrants from Africa, India and other parts of the world arrived in Trinidad during the 18th Century. Today approximately 40% of the people are African and 40% are Indian. One of the biggest events that happens in Trinidad each year is Carnival. Carnival is a 2 day event that happens during February that celebrates West Indian culture. This is a time of fun, food, sights and sound. Click
Metegee: The History And Culture Of Guyana
Metegee The History and culture of guyana.
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Adventure Travel In Guyana - Mustgo.com
In the afternoon, overland Journey to Santa Rosa, home to guyana's largest Amerindiancommunity, where we experience the culture of the indigenous people.
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Lonely Planet's Guide To Guyana
Order Now. guyana. culture. The visual arts, especially painting and sculpture,are highly developed and can be seen at special exhibitions in the capital.
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Extractions: Guyana Culture The visual arts, especially painting and sculpture, are highly developed and can be seen at special exhibitions in the capital. International success has greeted poet and novelist ER Braithwaite and the British-based actor Norman Beaton. Cricket and football (soccer) are the major outdoor sports, while the national indoor pursuit is dominoes. The majority of Afro-Guyanese are Christian, usually Anglican, and there's also a handful of Black Muslims. Most of the East Indian population is Hindu, but there's a sizeable Muslim minority. Guyanese food is distinctive and usually based on seafood or creole dishes like pepperpot, a spicy stew cooked in bitter cassava juice. Added to this are East Indian dishes such as curries and roti . Chinese food is also common. Beverages include Banks beer, local rum, brandy and whisky, and delicious fruit punches. back to top : We and our content providers ('we') have tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information. You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety, customs, and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel.
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