{"id":19050,"date":"2024-04-23T21:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19050"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:22:55","slug":"guyana-set-to-host-inaugural-fiesta-cubana-celebrating-latin-american-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-set-to-host-inaugural-fiesta-cubana-celebrating-latin-american-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Set to Host Inaugural &#8220;Fiesta Cubana&#8221; Celebrating Latin American Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Samuel Gillis <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is gearing up to host its first-ever Cuban-Latin American festival, &#8220;Fiesta Cubana,&#8221; aimed at celebrating the vibrant tapestry of Latin American culture while fostering travel and cross-cultural interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled to take place on May 5 at Georgetown&#8217;s Promenade Gardens, the event promises attendees a day filled with Latin American cuisine, beverages, music, dancing, and cultural festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driving force behind Fiesta Cubana is the integration of the Latino minority community into Guyanese society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waynewright Orderson, CEO of Global Tours and Travel Company, shared insights on the event&#8217;s significance during an interview with NCN News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Persons coming to the Promenade Gardens on May 5th can expect a full immersion into the Cuban and Latin American lifestyle because we will be having cultural activities, games, food, and drinks all with an authentic Latin American theme,&#8221; Orderson explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers aspire for Fiesta Cubana to become a staple event on Guyana&#8217;s calendar, fostering cultural exchange and social cohesion. Orderson emphasized the event&#8217;s role in promoting unity, stating, &#8220;The president as well has been pushing a One Guyana initiative, and we believe this is a major component that could help with bringing together all Guyanese, even the most recent persons who have joined Guyana as migrants.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond celebration, Fiesta Cubana aims to showcase Latin America and Cuba as new business and recreational hubs for Guyanese citizens, further strengthening ties between the nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As preparations for the festival continue, anticipation builds for a day of vibrant celebration and cultural exchange, uniting communities in the spirit of Latin American heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Guyana is gearing up to host its first-ever Cuban-Latin American festival, &#8220;Fiesta Cubana,&#8221; aimed at celebrating the vibrant tapestry of Latin American culture while fostering travel and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19052,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19050\/revisions\/19052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}