{"id":26879,"date":"2025-03-12T14:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26879"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:01:37","slug":"ministry-of-agriculture-unveils-mashramani-costume-band-to-celebrate-agricultural-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-agriculture-unveils-mashramani-costume-band-to-celebrate-agricultural-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Agriculture Unveils Mashramani Costume Band to Celebrate Agricultural Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture revealed its Mashramani Costume Band for 2025, showcasing the country\u2019s agricultural accomplishments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made during a preview of the costumes that will be featured in the upcoming Mashramani parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is centered around <strong>\u201cExpressing Our Culture and Creativity as One Guyana,\u201d<\/strong> with the Ministry set to highlight the significant strides made in food security, apiculture, and crop production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry\u2019s focus on food security is reflected in the theme, with Guyana now recognized as a leader in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country is not only maintaining traditional agricultural practices but is also venturing into new areas such as honey production, which has become a growing sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyanese fashion designer <strong>Olympia Small-Sonaram<\/strong> designed the costumes for the band, symbolizing Guyana\u2019s position as the \u201cbread basket of the Caribbean.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The costumes emphasize the vital role of women in agriculture and the strength of the country\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mashramani 2025 will feature a range of agricultural-themed floats and costumes, highlighting the contributions of key sectors such as rice, soybeans, honey production, and fisheries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sectors are integral to the country&#8217;s agricultural landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The King and Queen floats will play a prominent role in the parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The King float will represent Guyana\u2019s agriculture sector, while the Queen float will pay tribute to the honey industry, which has been promoted by President <strong>Irfaan Ali<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will also feature a performance by popular artiste <strong>Vanilla<\/strong>, who is expected to add energy and excitement to the festivities, further celebrating Guyana\u2019s agricultural successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture aims to increase participation this year, with plans for approximately 200 revelers in the band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganFebruary 12, 2025 The Ministry of Agriculture revealed its Mashramani Costume Band for 2025, showcasing the country\u2019s agricultural accomplishments. The announcement was made during a preview of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26879","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\/26879","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=26879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26880,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26879\/revisions\/26880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}