All posts by: Sarika Prasad

• ‘Krekete’ AKA The Golden Apple Snail – The Things You Didn’t Know

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  January 16, 2020

  The common snail that is found in Guyana is the Pomacea canaliculata, known locally as ‘Krekete’ ..

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  Sarika Prasad
  

  5 years ago

• The Miracles of the Tulsi Plant – The Queen of Herbs

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  January 15, 2020

  If you were to visit any Hindu relatives in Guyana, you would see at least one tulsi plant in their yards. ..

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  Sarika Prasad
  

  5 years ago

• Lanterns – How Guyana dispelled the dark a long time ago

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  January 14, 2020

  Before Guyana got electricity (even when there was electricity, there were lanterns as the supply of electricity ..

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  Sarika Prasad
  

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• The Pointer Broom – ‘New brooms sweep clean but an old broom knows the corners’

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  January 14, 2020

  The pointer broom or the ‘pointa’ broom has been around for generations. The pointer broom is not only ..

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  Sarika Prasad
  

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• The Spider Anansi – The stories of our childhood days

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  January 10, 2020

  One of the things that Caribbean children shared with those in West African is Anansi stories. Long ago growing ..

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• The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology

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  January 10, 2020

  Museums exist all over the world. Their main purpose is to preserve our history. Collections of artefacts ..

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  Sarika Prasad
  

  5 years ago