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on Kate in Guyana (Guyana), 22/Feb/2010 12:46, 34 days ago
Saturday was the children's parade for Mash (carnival) - there are competitions all around the regions and the winners get to come up to Georgetown, which is a big event for them. The parade was walking/dancing, usually with a wheeled float which someone is pulling along behind them. All with deafening music played over massive loudspeakers on lorries at regular intervals. I understand that the Mash parade on Tuesday will have more of the traditional steel bands which would be more my kind of thing. It is a public holiday anyway which will break up the week a bit! It is Independence Day, celebrating 40 years as a republic. Also next Monday is a Hindu holiday, Phagwah, so we get a day off for that as well. There is some Kathak dancing at the Indian Cultural Centre that I may get to.I finished the next draft of my course on Friday, so that was good. I will get some more people to read it and give me feedback this week while I write the overview and get advice about the way of running it and assessing it.My old pal at my morning swim came back from three months in Trinidad, and exclaimed _ so you're still here then! Well yes, I'm still here and feeling a lot happier with life generally, so that is good.