Children Mashramani parade lights up Linden

By Vanessa Braithwaite Moore

Thethemeoftheparadewas‘Celebrating NationalUnitythroughEducationMusicand After two years, the Children’s Sports’. Some of the costumes captured our Mashramani Parade was a welcoming sixraces,smartlearning,athleticsuccess,the scene for residents of Linden, who lined region’s natural resources, extra-curricular the streets of Republic Avenue to get a activitiesinschoolsamongstothers.Someof glimpse of the colourful and creative the outstanding schools wereAmelia’s Ward floatsandcostumesmodelledbynursery Nursery, Retrieve Nursery, Children’s and primary school pupils. For the most Garden’s Nursery, Mackenzie Primary and part of the parade, the weather was OneMilePrimary friendly and allowed the children ample What was commendable as well is that opportunitytogyrateandtramptheirway schools from outlying communities also to the ending point. Not for a second did journeyed to Linden to participate in the they waste the lyrics of the booming soca parade and equally showed originality in songs as they danced and reveled on to their costumes and floats. Some outlying cheersofonlookers. schools that participated included Rock

For many of the children, it was the Stone Primary, 38 Miles Primary and first time participating in this national CoomackaPrimary festival and showed their little bit of Ending the parade was the secondary patriotism with dance choreographies to contingent that represented the region at the the songs: “I am a Guyanese’and ‘Arrow national costume parade in Georgetown two Head’, amongst others They were w e e k s a g o T h e c o s t u m e accompanied by equally excited parents “LogoldxiteIndustria”,wonthecompetition. and teachers who also donned The Linden Mashramani will take place iridescent matching costumes of onSundayMay5th2022.Lindenisknownas nationalcolours. thebirthplaceofMashramani.