by Shalima Mohammed
The Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC) is in the process of finalising plans for an international tour of Guyana, scheduled from Monday, April 14 to Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
On this, the 4th annual non-profit Indian Diaspora tour, 45 persons have already booked their flights and hotels from Trinidad, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico, USA, Canada and England. The group has secured accommodation at Kanuku Suites in Georgetown, and for two days, the visitors will be in Essequibo, where they will stay at Jaigobin Hotel.
Some of the culturally significant sites include Monument and Promenade Gardens, The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre, Demerara Distillers Ltd., the Albion and Blairmont Estates, the Enmore Martyrs’ Monument, Highbury Monument, Mainstay Lake, Kaieteur Falls, Bourda Market, and a historic mandir, mosque and church.
The objective of the tour is to introduce foreigners to the rich cultural heritage, natural beauty and hospitality that Guyana has to offer.
Guyana is the destination country of choice because it was the first country in the West Indies to which Indian Indentured servants were brought. Between 1838 and 1917, a total of 238,909 Indians arrived in then-named British Guiana, the largest number in the West Indies, followed by Trinidad with 143,939 (60% less). Guyana also has the distinction of being the country from where the last ship took the last group of 243 ex-indentured labourers back to an independent India in 1955.
While registration for the Guyana tour is closed, we invite you to join us for another non-profit ICC Indian Diaspora Tour #5 – Destination: South Africa, from August 2nd to 14th, 2025.
For details, please contact Ms. Shalima Mohammed at +1 868 329 7051 or Dr. Kumar Mahabir at +1 868 756 4961 . You can also send an email to indocaribbeanstaff@gmail.com
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is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana (UG) and Fellow of The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library (2022-23). He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (UF). As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Grant, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.
Mahabir received a National Award (Hummingbird Silver Medal) for his contribution to education in his country in 2011. He was among 50 recipients who received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the UWI Alumni Association.
Mahabir is the author of 12 books to date.