My Native Land: M. A. Cossou
My Native land: M. A. Cossou
Oh I care not that others rave over fair lands afar,
Where silvern lakes and placid streams mirror the evening star;
I care not though their wealth be great, their scenery be grand,
For none so fair as can compare with my own native land.
Portuguese emigration from Madeira to British Guiana - By Sister Mary Noel Menezes
On May 3, 1835, the first Portuguese landed in what was then British Guiana. In commemoration of that event, Sister Mary Noel Menezes looks at the early Portuguese, and the skills they brought with them from Madeira.
The Indian presence in Guyana - By David A. Granger
The descendants of indentured Indian immigrants and settlers who came to British Guiana between 1838 and 1928 constitute the largest group in the population. Today, they play essential roles in the economic, political and cultural life of the country.
Amerindians
The Amerindians are the descendants of the indigenous people of Guyana; they are broadly grouped into coastal and interior tribes. The term tribes is a linguistic and cultural classification rather than a political one. The coastal Amerindians are the Carib, Arawak, and Warao, whose names come from the three language families of the Guyanese Amerindians.
Happy Easter
The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe.