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Guyana to send contingent to Carifesta XII
Guyana will be sending a contingent to Haiti to participate in the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) XII, set to take place from August 21 to 30.
Logo for Carifesta XII
According to a release from the Ministry of Education’s Culture Department, Guyana is registered to participate in 11 areas of the festival. These include Visual and Literary Arts, Fashion, Theatre and Music. Registration forms and criteria for each discipline will be available at the Special Projects Unit of the Culture Department, Middle Street, Georgetown, from June 15.
A Committee of persons involved in the Arts and Culture will host a selection process to determine persons who fit the necessary criteria to be part of Carifesta XII.
The Ministry said that “the contingent is expected to be made up of persons who will have to submit where necessary; their works for jurying and in some cases attend auditions.” The jurying of work and auditions is expected to be completed by early July.
This year, Carifesta will be held under the theme ‘Our roots, Our Culture, Our Common Future’, and features a logo that represents “a synergy of multiculturalism, pride and joyful unity.” All 15 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will be part of this year’s event, and will be Haiti’s first time hosting the multinational cultural festival.
Along with CARICOM countries, Carifesta will also traditionally host delegations from the wider Caribbean, Latin America and representatives from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The festival was first held in 1972 in Guyana with Suriname being the latest host of Carifesta in 2013.
As a symbolic gesture, at the closing ceremony of the 2013 festival President Desi Bouterse of Suriname extended the cultural baton of Carifesta to Haitian President Michel Martelly to signify his country’s turn at hosting the event.
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