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Guyana's musical tradition is a mix of African, Indian, European, and Latin elements.The most popular type of music is Calypso and its offshoots and mixes, like in other parts of the Eastern Caribbean.
A popular element of Afro-Guyanese culture is the Kwe-Kwe. The Kwe-Kwe is a pre-wedding dance of West African origin that is done before the wedding and is unique to the Afro-Guyanese. It is a dance with heavy West African influence and uniting of the 2 families with friends as well.
Slaves brought to the region via the Atlantic slave trade contributed African influences from a wide array of different cultures, although music and dance was also utilized to promote fitness in slaves by their sellers. After emancipation, the period in which the British sought to bring indentured labor into the colonies introduced musical ...
The Guyana Council of Churches was the umbrella organization for sixteen major Christian denominations. Historically, it had been dominated by the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches. The Guyana Council of Churches became an increasingly vocal critic of the government in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing international attention on its shortcomings.
Religion in Guyana (9 C, 11 P) S. Sport in Guyana (16 C, 2 P) Surnames of Guyanese origin (2 P) W. Works about Guyana (2 C) Pages in category "Culture of Guyana"
It was unfinished by 1972, when Guyana hosted the Caribbean Festival Creative Arts , but the unfinished structure was used anyway, with the aid of three large canvas tents to complete the roofing, and coconut palm fronts as walls. [3] The Jamaica National Ballet was the first group to perform there, as part of Carifesta 72.
Comfa or Komfa is a folk religion in Guyana also known as Spiritualism or Faithism. The word "Comfa" is used by non-practitioners as a generic term for spirit possession in Guyana. However, the word "Comfa" is also a term to define the greater folk religion involving spirit possession originating in Guyana. [1]
The festival includes both a cultural opening and closing ceremony. Presentations range from elaborate musical productions to comedy, fantasy, ritual, history, folk plays and legend. Some of the artists from the first CARIFESTA include Conjunto Folklorico Nacionale of Cuba, the Ol'Higue and Baccos of Guyana, Shango dancers from Trinidad, Shac Shac musicians f