{"id":21720,"date":"2024-08-27T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21720"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:26:05","slug":"guyanese-celebrate-emancipation-at-national-park-with-cultural-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-celebrate-emancipation-at-national-park-with-cultural-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Celebrate Emancipation at National Park with Cultural Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Gillis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyanese gathered at the National Park to celebrate Emancipation Day, showcasing African fashion, artifacts, food, and cultural heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the Museum of African Heritage, presented various artifacts representing African history and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One participant, Koh-hane Eliel, a teacher from the House of Hebrew, emphasized the importance of true freedom, not just for Guyana but also for mental liberation from years of cultural unawareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that Emancipation is not just about dressing up for the occasion but about understanding heritage and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Nelson, a representative of the African Museum, spoke about the historical significance of drums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explained that drums were used to send important messages across communities, often signaling gatherings or planned escapes during the days of slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roselyn Beresford, President of the Grassroot Justice Movement, shared details about the &#8220;We Made It&#8221; project, a community initiative that distributes free plants and buys back the produce, promoting organic farming across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Crawford, a resident of Calcutta Mahaicony, stressed the importance of exhibitions like this for teaching younger generations about the contributions and achievements of their ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Emancipation Day celebration at the National Park was a vibrant display of culture and heritage, bringing together people from various communities to honor the legacy of African ancestors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Guyanese gathered at the National Park to celebrate Emancipation Day, showcasing African fashion, artifacts, food, and cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, in collaboration&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720","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=21720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21722,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21720\/revisions\/21722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}