Our Kind Of Folk

Howdy Fambily, Howdy Everybody, yes that is sure a way to greet someone in the olden days of living in Guyana, at least it meant good morning, good afternoon, how are you and so much could be interpeted from that simple greeting, that somewhat is also diminishing in it's own little way, this time Nah Lang Time as the saying goes , Lang Time Gat am blow lamp, this time gat am lectric lite, yes no more flambows and bottle lamps its flourecent lamps and full electricity, time has changed, but yet there are traditions that we cannot forget, especially our folk songs, the traditional dances of the Indians and the Africans, the Amerindians and their culture, some things will never die, remebr the old moonlight nights of story telling, the folklores, to name a few, dark moonlight nights and its the tall White man who travelled from village to village, sometimes in the burial grounds, looking at the full moon, he was cslled the MOON GASER, Then there was the fire Rass, the Old Higue who sucks the blood of babies at night, and you never go into thouse after midnight, take off your shoes, and walk backwards into the house, wo wo, some deep stuff we endured at that time, looking back at it now, it was some era to have lived in, hence my DVD Myths Legends and Folk Traditions which I Filmed during Carifesta 10 in Guyana, talking about informtion?-this DVD takes you on that journey down memory lane,

We have come a long way yet the haunting taste of ,pepper pot, Metem-gee, souse, blackpudding, cookup rice, fried rice, chowmein, aloo and bygan choker, garlic pork, Roti and curry, dhal phuri,and the list goes on, fried bread and fish, these tastes will forever remain with us beause we are Guyanese, a land of One People, One Nation and One Destiny-Remember Myths Legends And Folk Traditions, this is a must have and a must see if you really want to have a visual taste of Guyanese Culture, and before I Go -a proverb for you

- Accouri Know 'e teet' trang, da mek'e eat banga. (Accouri: is a small animal resembling a rabbit .

Banga: The hard seed of the awarra fruit.

The Accouri eats the bangra because it knows that its teeth are strong.

This means - you have a strong point, an asset on whiich you can depend, and you have the confidence that you can use it, especially in a crisis. so, Meh Gan, Till Next Time.