{"id":23540,"date":"2024-10-28T13:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23540"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:27:55","slug":"noreen-alfred-crowned-miss-amerindian-heritage-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/noreen-alfred-crowned-miss-amerindian-heritage-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Noreen Alfred Crowned Miss Amerindian Heritage 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Celestine Chacon | October 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Ignatius Village&#8217;s Noreen Alfred claimed the title of Miss Amerindian Heritage 2024 during a vibrant and competitive event at the National Cultural Centre, concluding this year\u2019s Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten delegates, each representing one of Guyana\u2019s administrative regions, showcased their skills across a series of challenges that included Indigenous cooking, traditional attire, talent, and a question-and-answer segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual pageant, a hallmark of Amerindian Heritage Month, serves as a key platform to highlight and advocate for Indigenous issues and the preservation of cultural heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the newly crowned queen, Alfred will have the opportunity to champion projects aimed at supporting and promoting the rich cultural legacy of Guyana&#8217;s Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Miss Amerindian Heritage Pageant stands as a significant celebration of Indigenous identity, uniting voices across the nation to honor Guyana\u2019s First Peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | October 1, 2024 St. Ignatius Village&#8217;s Noreen Alfred claimed the title of Miss Amerindian Heritage 2024 during a vibrant and competitive event at the National Cultural&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23540","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\/23540","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=23540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23567,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23540\/revisions\/23567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}