ARTS & CULTURE – Page 9 – Guyana Times International

Guyanese shine at Inter-Guianas Cultural Festival

September 8, 2011January 25, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Guyanese designers were given stellar reviews at the recently-concluded Inter-Guianas Cultural Festival held in Suriname last weekend. The event saw designers showcasing their pieces made of various natural materials, including shells, dye and other materials. Guyana Times International caught up with one of the designers, Zarinah Hameed- Pyle, who reported that the experience was splendid and extraordinary. Hameed-Pyle said that despite some challenges, the Guyanese delegation was able to put up an excellent show. The Guyanese delegation comprised talented persons in the culinary, performing arts, visual and fashion areas. The fashion…

Art of the Maroon tribes – A culture of art and function

May 12, 2011January 21, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Simple stool Maroon communities created by escaped slaves have been a widespread association of plantation life in the Americas for more than four centuries. Although formed under broadly similar historical and ecological conditions, these societies display significant variations in everything, from language, diet, and dress patterns of marriage to residence and migratory wage labour. With the kind compliments of the Museum of African Heritage, Guyana Times International Sunday Magazine features various aspects of this culture. Calabash decorations Wood carvings are of cultural and aesthetic importance to Maroons. It also involves…