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WHY CARIFESTA
CARIFESTA '72 is the abbreviated title of the
Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts which is being held in
Goergetown, Guyana, between August 25 and September 15, 1972.
The holding of such a Festival was recommended by
a Caribbean Writers and Artists Convention held in 1970 as
part of Guyanats first Republic Celebrations.
It is estimated that more than 1,000 Artists, Writers,
Musicians, Dancers and Dramatists from thirty-one countries of
the Caribbean and Latin America will take part in CAKIFESTA.
Countries invited ares-
Antigua
Barbados
Bahamas
Belize
Bermuda
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominica
Domiinfl Republic
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
CARIFESTA Secretariat,
National History & Arts Council,
Thomas Lands,
Georgetown.
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Panama
Peru
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Surinam
Trinidad & Tobago
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Venezuela
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