Press Releases
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CARIBBEAN PROFILE CAN BE BOOSTED THROUGH CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An ongoing programme of cultural diplomacy can be beneficial to the Caribbean once it is implemented strategically. Such a programme should draw on the unique culture of the Caribbean which is being displayed at the 10th staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), now taking place in Guyana. This view was shared by…
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CARIFESTA X FEVER INTENSIFIES AT GRAND MARKET
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Drums, dance, pan and soca music, chorale singing, story telling and pottery making converged at the Grand Market in the National Exhibition Site Sophia to create an alluring exposition of the Caribbean culture as CARIFESTA X fever intensifies in Georgetown, Guyana. The tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) Grand Market got underway on Saturday…
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WALCOTT WARNS AGAINST FOREIGN EXPLOITATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nobel Laureate the Hon Derek Walcott, OCC has warned the Caribbean Region against foreign investors whom he asserted did not facilitate or create opportunities for cultural development. Speaking at the opening of the CARIFESTA X Symposia yesterday, (24 August 2008) at the Guyana International Convention Centre, the recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize for…
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IS CARIBBEAN CULTURE AT A CROSSROADS OR IS IT A CROSSROAD CULTURE?
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Tenth Staging of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, (CARIFESTA X) yesterday 24 August 2008 brought together, in a symposium, five outstanding literary artists who gave differing views on the status and future of Caribbean Culture under the theme: Caribbean Culture At the Crossroads: Seeking the Past, Living the Present, Exploring the Future.…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. DRS RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN PRESIDENT OF SURINAME AND HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH LEAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR CULTURE, YOUTH, SPORT AND GENDER IN THE CARICOM QUASI CABINET AT THE CARIFESTA X OPENING CEREMONY, 22 AUGUST 2008, GUYANA NATIONAL STADIUM, PROVIDENCE, GUYANA
It is a great honour to be present at the opening of CARIFESTA X and a pleasure for me to be part of the exciting experience of this mega arts festival. I am also very happy, as Head of Government with lead responsibility for Culture, Youth, Gender and Sport in the Quasi-Cabinet of CARICOM to congratulate His Excellency President Bharrat…
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FESTIVAL CITY WELCOMES HOME CARIFESTA
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) Nostalgic recollections of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in 1972, and cultural presentations from a number of contingents, were the highlights Saturday evening at the opening of the Community Festivals in Festival City, Georgetown, Guyana. Festival City, built by `self-help’, was constructed to house the contingents from more than 30 Caribbean countries…
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CULTURE, COLOUR AND CROWD AT THE OPENING OF CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The threat of ominous dark clouds and subsequent torrential showers just half-hour before the start, delayed the start, but did not deter the opening show for the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts in Guyana yesterday (22 August 2008) under the theme: One Caribbean, One Purpose; Our Culture Our Life. It certainly…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL OF ARTS (CARIFESTA X), 22 AUGUST 2008, GUYANA NATIONAL STADIUM, PROVIDENCE, GUYANA
His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Lead Head for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport) within the Community Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the CARICOM Heads of Government Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves,…
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SPECIAL MOMENT AS CARIFESTA RETURNS HOME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The return of the Caribbean festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) to its inaugural location, Guyana was hailed as a special moment in the history of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington when he spoke at the ceremony to launch the 10th staging of the Region’s premier arts festival in Guyana…
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USE EDUTAINMENT TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana’s Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport the Dr the Honourable Frank Anthony has urged the youth of the Region to use edutainment as a means of challenging the difficult issues that they face. Dr Anthony was speaking on Saturday 23 August at the opening ceremony of the Edutainment Symposium, which forms part of…
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