Photos by Anjuli Persaud
“I born and grew at this place. I have been living here for the past 40 years,” Veronica Gravesande said during an interview with Stabroek News. The “place” she is referring to is a community whose peace is only shattered by the vehicles traversing the public road. It is an exemplary rural Guyanese community, laid back most times, but still springing to life at intervals. This is the East Bank Demerara village called Garden of Eden.
Home to approximately 700 people of Indian descent, the village covers a 100km2 area. It is also home to a few Amerindians who migrated from the North West from communities such as Tumatumari.
Most of the residents said that they believe the village was given the name Garden of Eden because of the