Stories about Guyana from February, 2007
Guyana: Letter to Opportunity
Guyana-Gyal writes a letter to Opportunity.
Guyana: Mashramani 2007
rustinpc has a set of photos on Flickr of this year's Mashramani celebrations in Guyana. “Mash” takes place annually on February 23, Guyana's Republic Day, and commemorates the country's achievement of independence from Great Britain in 1966 with float parades, masquerade bands, calypso competitions and other carnival-style festivities.
Guyana: Exodus and integration
MediaCritic sees the “exodus” of Guyanese to other Caribbean territories as “likely to result in is a skewering of national identities and push those voices that trumpet and cling to narrow parochial inclinations into the background. With the inevitable cross-nationality marriages, dual-citizenships and other multi-national personalities single nation nationalistic fervor...
Guyana: Carib Soca Monarch
MediaCritic has two posts (one, two) about the Carib Soca Monarch competition in Guyana, and a few photos (one, two, three, four) as well.
Guyana: Digicel has landed
“Guyana is abuzz like we have never seen before for a product or service,” writes MediaCritic in his report on the frenzy which has enveloped Guyana in anticipation of today's launch of the new cellular service provider Digicel.
Guyana: Marry for conversation
An encounter with a family friend reminds Guyana-Gyal about the adage about “marrying for conversation.”
Guyana: Where's the Indo-Guyanese culture?
MediaCritic notes a bias against Indo-Guyanese culture in a newspaper column purporting to report on Guyana's cultural scene.
Guyana: Music video kudos
MediaCritic is impressed with two of the latest music videos produced in Guyana, and offers some tips to low-budget videomakers.
