{"id":25428,"date":"2025-01-16T15:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25428"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:28:24","slug":"one-guyana-christmas-village-celebrates-unity-and-culture-with-over-80-local-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/one-guyana-christmas-village-celebrates-unity-and-culture-with-over-80-local-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"One Guyana Christmas Village Celebrates Unity and Culture with Over 80 Local Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams | December 3, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The One Guyana Christmas Village on Main Street has officially opened, ushering in the festive season with a celebration of Guyanese culture, unity, and prosperity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 80 small and medium-sized businesses are participating in this year\u2019s event, offering a variety of local produce, products, and cultural goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali, speaking at the opening ceremony, highlighted the importance of celebrating Guyana&#8217;s rich cultural diversity and the nation\u2019s bright future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the Christmas Village has become an integral part of the Guyanese holiday tradition, symbolizing unity, love, peace, and cultural pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is now a staple of the Guyanese Christmas experience, transforming Main Street into a national street where we celebrate our food, culture, and identity,&#8221; said President Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the Christmas Village has expanded to include a supermarket component, offering visitors a wider selection of local products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is part of a month-long celebration, where the government encourages citizens to support local businesses and showcase Guyana\u2019s culinary and artistic talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Christmas Village is expected to draw thousands of visitors during the festive season, with new airline seats added to accommodate the influx. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration will culminate on December 31 with a grand event for members of the discipline services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams | December 3, 2024 The One Guyana Christmas Village on Main Street has officially opened, ushering in the festive season with a celebration of Guyanese culture, unity,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428","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=25428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25429,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428\/revisions\/25429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}