Guyana

An English-speaking country on the Caribbean rim of South America, blending Indigenous Amerindian, African and Indian heritage.

Food & cooking Crafts Music & dance Language & oral

Knowledge in this place

Pepperpot

A slow-stewed meat dish flavoured with cassareep from bitter cassava, of Indigenous Amerindian origin.

Cassava Processing

Cassava Processing

The Amerindian method of grating and pressing bitter cassava to make safe flour, bread and cassareep.

Amerindian Basketry

Amerindian Basketry

The weaving of nibbi and tibisiri fibres into baskets, sieves and the cassava-pressing matapee.

Queh-Queh

An Afro-Guyanese pre-wedding ceremony of call-and-response song, drumming and dance.

Wai-Wai Language

Wai-Wai Language

An Amerindian Carib language spoken by a small community in the southern rainforests of Guyana.

Language & oral