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Activities of Suriname Inter-American Year of Culture. Central Theme: Art and Culture education It corresponds with the development course of the new Education Policy To integrate art and culture education in the education curricula Issue of a special postcard National cultural presentation
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Activities of SurinameInter-American Year of Culture • Central Theme: Art and Culture education • It corresponds with the development course of the new Education Policy • To integrate art and culture education in the education curricula • Issue of a special postcard • National cultural presentation • Introduction of the Inter Guiana Cultural festival
Inter Guiana Cultural Fest 4 Days multi-disciplinairy art festival August 27 -29 Paramaribo
GUIANAS • The Guiana shield is part of the earthlayer which is 2 billion year old. • North coast of South America, known of its rainforest, waterfalls and mountains. • Today the guianas is the collective name of three countries at the North coast of South America: Guyana (1966), Suriname (1975), French Guyana (1946) • Ecological-, historical- and cultural related. • Roots: African, Asian (India, Indonesia, China • Languages: English, Dutch and French
OBJECTIVES • To cultivate and develop closer and more solid cultural relations, including artistic exchanges between the people of the Guianas. • To strenghten the existing friendly relations between the people of the Guianas. • Cooperation would bring mutual benefit for the people of the Guianas. • Provide Forum for art and culture people to meet, ,to exchange experiences and to develop ideas of cooperation.
Disciplines at the Festival • Performing art :drama, dance, singing, music • Visual art: Exhibition, workshops • Literature • Culinairy • Fashion • Craft
Guyana will host the next Inter Guiana Festival in 2012 • Evaluation • Guiana Literature Prize • Academic/intellectual meeting • The festival will strenghten friendly relations and cooperation between the people of the Guianas.