If one were to look at the heritage of Amerindian arts and culture in Guyana from the perspective of records and treatment in the colonial period one will find mixed attitudes and treatments – from serious study to superficiality, stereotyping and romanticism; from thorough and valuable documentation to disapproval and scepticism. In contemporary times one finds a deep and varied cultural heritage that includes the contribution of an intricate traditional culture of art and literature that have evolved from Amerindians who are as subject to Amerindian cultural traditions as they are to form in art and literature.
The month of September as the period devoted to celebrating the heritage is,