Georgetown: Plans, consultations and fine-tuning are continuously progressing at the national and regional Mashramani committees’ level for Guyana to once again take the cultural and entertainment spotlight this January, February and March.
Lennox Canterbury, the event Coordinator and Minister Nicolette Henry have assured that much entertainment and edutainment are carded as the country launches into the mode of ‘Celebrating with Dignity, Liberty and Greater Unity’.
Costume/Float Parade aspires to capture theme, push the Green state agenda
“The all-encompassing events are a plenty, stretching across most of the ten administrative regions with the main, major costume and float parade slated for February 23 in the Nation’s Capital- Georgetown,” Ministry Henry assures.
While Canterbury has let up that, there are ultimately three National float parades scheduled at the adult level.
The first is the Costume and float parade in Georgetown on February 23, Republic Day. “Building on the progress we have made over the years with this event, this year’s parade which would feature a mega showcase of various contingents aspiring to display their creativity in keeping with the theme, but the overarching emphasis will be on Guyana as the example of a Green state to the world.”
It is the committees’ desire to have designers infuse their creative genius with that of wire benders, painters et al, “pull out all the stops to not just compete with each other but to show unified revelry through your contingents and creations, capturing the cultural essence, and creativity of Guyana at its peak through a most colorful and topical Spectacle,” Minister Henry advised.
Several corporate citizens have indicated their interest: some will participate actively in the float parade while others have opted to sponsor some other Mashramani related events.
“Most government Ministries have already confirmed that they will be part of the float parade. Additionally, the Committee has encouraged them (the Ministries) to also plan excursions and domestic group visits to locations to support events to encourage domestic tourism,” the Minister said.
The grand affair would see contingents from most of the regions as well as those from Georgetown even as Bartica is promising to make a return to the road parade with a mega 150 strong contingent.
“This is a move we hope will be mirrored by other regions who will get very jealous by Bartica’s announcement and come aboard,” Canterbury stated.
The next carded float parade is scheduled for February 26 in Berbice where much fun and frolic is assured, and finally on March 5 all roads will lead to Linden where it all started for even more revelry.
A special meeting was held on Friday last with the Designers and Sponsors.
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