Having been denied both the festivities and the valuable financial windfall that attends the Rupununi Rodeo on account of two successive years of postponement arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, residents and the business community in Region Nine are in high spirits following the disclosure that the authorities had cleared the staging of the hinterland’s most popular entertainment event over this Easter weekend.
Rupununi Hotel Owner and President of the Region Nine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Daniel Gajie, who spoke to us by telephone yesterday said that the community is uplifted by the news that the Rodeo had been ‘cleared’ for staging and that apart from the physical preparations that are still being made for the event the telephones of the various Hotels and Guest Houses had been ringing ‘off the hooks’ as coastal rodeo fans make plans to journey to Lethem for the event.