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MJVC plans huge Emancipation Day celebrations in Berbice  

Jul 17, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor, 

Kaieteur News – On Tuesday August 1st 2023, the Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee (MJVC), a non-profitable organization located at Eversham Village, East Corentyne, Berbice, has planned a huge celebration to commemorate the abolition of slavery in 1834. The commemoration of Emancipation Day on August 1, 1838, is an important day for Guyana, especially in Berbice where the first slave revolt led by Cuffy Badu began on 23 February 1763, and lasted until December. So, when Guyana became a republic in 1970 the state declared 23 February as a day to commemorate the start of the Berbice slave revolt.

To honor the slave revolt and our freedom, which Cuffy and the slaves fought and died for, the Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee has planned the largest Emancipation celebrations that will be ever seen in Berbice to mark 189 years since slavery was abolished. Like last year, this year’s celebration is expected to attract thousands of people in and out the region from as far as West Coast Berbice to Skeldon and elsewhere. It will be the only celebration of its kind in Berbice,

This year Emancipation extravaganza will be an all-day gala family and friends’ festivity packed with entertainment activities to accommodate all ages. It will start at 7:30 AM with a one, two- and three-miles road races respectively for pre-teens, teens, and adults both males and females. The races will start from No. 36 Village, Brighton Village and No 43 and will end at the Eversham Community Center. Prizes will be awarded to the first three winners in each category. This will be followed by a two-mile road march starting at 11:30 AM from Brighton Village to Epsom Village and back to the Eversham Community Center where lunch will be served and the day’s activities will commence.

Sincerely,
Dr. Asquith Rose

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