Guyana’s 50th Republic Jubilee celebrations…
The celebrations for Guyana’s 50th Republican Anniversary will have the added flare of sporting activities, as the 50th Jubilee Relay Festival was launched on Tuesday morning at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Main Street office.
With Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary being fully prepared for, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and the body whose job it is to coordinate the celebration for the upcoming Republic milestone have thought it fitting to include sports in the calendar of activities. That is how the idea of a track event was birthed.
Festival Committee Director Stanley Lancaster, sharing the committee’s rationale for venturing into the track-and-field realm, said: “The events that have been planned for the 50th Anniversary of the Republic are many. I think we have in excess of 50 events that are going to celebrate this occasion, but we did think that all aspects of our culture and our life should be celebrated, and as such, sport plays an integral role,” Lancaster disclosed.
“What is critical about the sporting aspect is that it speaks to a healthy nation and it speaks to a nation who is physically capable of dealing with building where we are going as a country. So we want healthy Guyanese, and sport speaks clearly to this aspect of ourselves,” the renowned broadcaster went on to say.
