After being indoors for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macedonia-Joppa Volunteer Committee (MJVC) has planned a “spectacular” Emancipation Day celebration on August 1st for the Corentyne to celebrate 188 years of Emancipation.
Emancipation Day in the Macedonia-Joppa district will be an all-day event at the Eversham Community Pavilion and will commence at 06:30 am. The event will be hosted under the theme “UPLIFTMENT” for this year’s celebration to commemorate the abolition of slavery in Guyana in 1834 and to mark 188 years of Emancipation.