Category: Features

Farah Delicia Hussain was born in Guyana, but moved to New York when she was four years old. She is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and Thai massage therapist. Her family’s cultural and religious history, coupled with the trials of being an immigrant and a first-generation American, instilled a desire for self-exploration and healing. Her philosophy of yoga honours self-study balanced with a deep responsibility to enhance community and environmental health. While Farah was introduced to yoga poses as a child, she started practicing meditation 14 years ago. The wisdom…

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The Guyana Carnival, an event that has been in the making for quite some time, will become reality between May 18 and 27, 2018, with the official launch set for December 2, in the Parking Lot of the Guyana Marriott Hotel. The event was birthed as Guyana celebrated its 50th Independence Anniversary last year. The aim of the Guyana Carnival is to boost tourism in the country, since it is believed the Carnival has major economic benefits. It is expected that from taxi drivers to hairdressers, clothing stores to hotels…

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Award-winning sculptor of Guyanese heritage stuns the world with his breath-taking underwater art Jason deCaires Taylor is a British sculptor, environmentalist and professional underwater photographer. Born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother, Taylor graduated from the London Institute of Arts in 1998 with a BA Honours in Sculpture. His permanent site-specific works span several continents and predominately explore submerged and tidal marine environments. His multi-disciplinarily sculptural works explore modern themes of conservation and environmental activism. Over the past 10 years, Taylor has created several large-scale underwater ‘museums’…

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In 2015, a six-year-old Shazim Samad was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with second and third degree burns to forty per cent of his body (lower anterior extremities and his lower posterior extremities). The incident occurred when an object exploded in a heap of burning garbage next to where he was playing, consequently his clothes caught on fire. The Saving Hands Emergency Aid, Inc. (SHEA) charity was contacted in 2015. The organisation immediately started to work on securing treatment service for Shazim in the United States, since…

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Originally created by American Indians, dreamcatchers today come in a variety of different sizes and styles. They usually consist of a small wooden hoop covered in a net or web of natural fibres, with meaningful sacred items like feathers and beads attached, hanging down from the bottom of the hoop. Real authentic, traditional dreamcatchers are handmade and crafted only from all natural materials, measuring just a few small inches across in size. The circular shape of the dreamcatcher represents the circle of life, with no beginning and no end. This…

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The Victoria Youth Development Organisation on Monday evening hosted a flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 178th anniversary of the village. The community, formerly known as Northbrook, was the first to be bought by freed African slaves in 1839 after they gained their freedom. Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr George Norton, in the feature address, commended the youths for efforts made to recognise the 178th anniversary and encouraged them to continue to work towards the development of the village. “This evening, we celebrate the purchase of this village and those who…

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By: Anjali Paray Guyanese diaspora are often bombarded with headlines of political corruption, domestic violence and suicides, however, a young man’s rise to fame is giving his people just the type of hope they were waiting for. Ben Parag was born and raised in Queens, New York. His parents, Kumar and Savi Parag, hail from Corentyne, Berbice. At just 19 years old, Ben courageously packed his bags and headed to the other side of the world to participate in a reality singing competition ‘Dil Hai Hindustani’ which translates to ‘the…

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Providing the opportunity for youths and adults to learn about the world through postage stamps and fuel creativity and inspire persons to become a stamp collector is the mission of the Guyana Philatelic Society (GPS). GPS held yet another exciting stamp exhibition, which started on November 4 and concluded on NOVEMBER 52. At GUYPEX 2017 Stamp Exhibition, persons got the chance to explore displays, view philatelic books, gather free stamps of interest and meet other stamp collectors. The stamp exhibition continues NOVEMBER 5-12, 2017 from 11am to 5pm at the…

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The Special Needs for Life Guyana (SNL) was founded to foster and promote education among the disabled, particularly the deaf, through collaborative efforts with the education ministry, and to attend to grassroots needs of disadvantaged communities and the indigenous populations of Guyana. Mark Adams, a passionate humanitarian, wanted to make a difference so in 2004 he founded Special Needs for Life Guyana. The organisation, located at Lot 743, Kilcoy Fields, Corentyne in Berbice, is funded through grants provided by the Australian, Finnish and Japanese governments. Presently, at its Kilcoy Centre,…

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