{"id":21613,"date":"2024-08-07T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21613"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:51:19","slug":"lindens-freedom-fest-returns-with-shades-of-melanin-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/lindens-freedom-fest-returns-with-shades-of-melanin-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden&#8217;s Freedom Fest Returns with &#8220;Shades of Melanin&#8221; Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Lindeners are set to celebrate Emancipation at the fifth annual Freedom Fest, themed &#8220;Shades of Melanin.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, organized by Legacy Entertainment, will take place on August 1 at Richmond Hill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme &#8220;Shades of Melanin&#8221; aims to include all Guyanese and celebrate Black excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jermaine Figueira, promoter of Freedom Fest, highlighted that the festival provides Lindeners with an opportunity to connect with one another, support local businesses, and showcase local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities will commence at 10:00 am and include an array of African cultural experiences through food, fashion, music, and performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family-friendly event will feature a kid\u2019s zone and various competitions, such as Cook Up and Metemgee contests, as well as awards for the best African outfit and head wrap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figueira emphasized the importance of involving children and families, noting that providing a platform to learn about African culture is beneficial for future community leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Linden Freedom Fest, which began in 2016, was established to offer citizens a chance to celebrate African heritage and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindeners are set to celebrate Emancipation at the fifth annual Freedom Fest, themed &#8220;Shades of Melanin.&#8221; The event, organized by Legacy Entertainment, will take place on August 1 at Richmond&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21613","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=21613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21615,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21613\/revisions\/21615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}