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Mar 17, 2018 News
To emphasize the versatility of local timber, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is sponsoring a country-wide kite flying competition slated for Easter Monday, April 2nd
According to the GFC, the competition sites are Golden Fleece Beach in Essequibo, Basin in Linden, Regatta Beach in Bartica, Burnham Park in New Amsterdam, No. 63 Beach in Berbice, and the National Park in Georgetown.
On-site judging will be between 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm by representatives of the GFC.
The commission said that a kite made with Guyanese timber – by the owner or purchased from one of the kite vendors – will be eligible.
“The GFC will be partnering with interested kite-makers in each of the six competition areas – upon purchasing kites from these kite-makers, participants will receive a logo sticker to paste on their kite to identify it when being flown.”
The commission noted that kite flying over the Easter weekend is an important activity for all, but sadly, the thrill of making one’s own “timber frame” kite has been slowly dying – whether it was pointer sticks from a broom and newspaper held together with flour paste.
“Or if you graduated to producing a singing engine kite with Barbados kite paper; picked your gamma cherry for the paste and decorated it with pictures of movie stars, cut up the old lady’s old cloth to make the tail, the baller and No. 9 twine and the razor blade to deal with anyone who invaded your airspace.”
The GFC said it believes this exercise will help rekindle culture while promoting use of Guyanese timber.
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