Thirty-six years and still standing strong; 62 ft towards the sky; 240 ft long and 114 ft wide – the National Culture Centre is the pride of D’Urban Park, Georgetown.
I mean seriously, take a good look at the National Culture Centre, beautified with Guyanese heritage, decorated by Guyanese hands and standing strong with the hopes of our many artists that use its stage.
With the first Carifesta to be hosted in independent Guyana in 1972, the centre’s construction began in mid-1971, but Carifesta crept up with the building still incomplete. However, this did not