caribny posted:You scoff at the notion of Guyanese cultural creativity. You don't seem to think that there is anything worth celebrating that was created in Guyana. In fact you even scream that to talk of Guyanese cultural creativity is to talk of black people (who you accuse of lacking any culture).
Basically you negate any cultural creativity that Indo Guyanese have been involved with, so you clearly think that you live on the banks of the Ganges.
I am still waiting for an answer as to why every time we have a Guyanese cultural presentation the IndoG component is almost always very badly done Bollywood dancing, and not a portrayal of the IndoG culture that was created.
I stated that "Dis time nah lang time" is every bit as Guyanese as "Hear Auntie Bess". So why isn't it recognized more? In fact Rickford Dalgetty when he was more active culturally used to sing this song loads of times and put it right within the context of Guyanese culture.
Thanks to your attitude the world actually thinks that chutney is a genre developed by Trinidadians and that Guyanese have nothing to do with it.
I will leave aside the fact that you deny that there is cultural inter connectedness between different ethnic groups in Guyana. This cultural continuum that does exist you deny because you think that you live on the banks of the Ganges River and so have remained culturally unimpacted by the fact that Guyana is a multi ethnic and a multi cultural society.
Your concept of culture is way too dated, from the Burnham days, a reflection of how long you have been away from Guyana. Ever since the culture has changed, if you go to Guyana you will see that the American culture has infiltrated. The most Guyanese idiosyncrasy you will recognize is when two aunty man having a fight and verbiage they use.
What you old timers view as culture is no longer applicable today.