Det sker i Georgetown, Guyana året igennem

Travlt — Christmas and Old Year's Night, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Christmas and Old Year's Night (15. dec. – 1. jan. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Mashramani, Phagwah

• Festival

  Mashramani

  15.–24. feb.KarnevalTætpakket

  Republic Day on 23 February is kept as a costume-and-float parade with sound trucks working through the middle of the city. The word is Amerindian for a celebration after cooperative work, and it is the country's carnival. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Phagwah

  25. feb. – 25. mar. · normaltReligiøs højtidLukninger

  Guyana's Holi is a public holiday and is played in the open, with abeer and powder in the streets and at the mandirs on the East Bank. Wear what you are prepared to throw away. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Phagwah, Easter kite flying

• Festival

  Easter kite flying

  20. mar. – 25. apr. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  Easter Monday in Guyana means kites. Families pack the seawall and the Botanical Gardens with picnics and homemade kites, and the sky over Georgetown fills by afternoon. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Phagwah (25. feb. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Easter kite flying

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Easter kite flying (20. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Guyana Carnival

• Risiko

  Flooding in the city

  1. maj – 31. jul. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  Georgetown lies below sea level and drains through canals and kokers that only open at low tide. Heavy rain at high tide floods streets in several neighbourhoods, sometimes for days. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Guyana Carnival

  18.–27. maj · normaltTætpakketBook tidligt

  A week of fetes and a road parade built around Independence Day on 26 May, the biggest party week of the year. Georgetown's limited hotel stock fills, so book ahead. Kilde ↗

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Flooding in the city (1. maj – 31. jul. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Flooding in the city (1. maj – 31. jul. (normalt))

Travlt — Emancipation festival

• Festival

  Emancipation festival

  1. aug.Stor festivalTætpakket

  The public holiday on 1 August centres on the African heritage festival in the National Park: drumming, dance, craft stalls and food villages, with concerts into the evening. Kilde ↗

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  Amerindian Heritage Month

  1.–30. sep.Stor festival

  September honours Guyana's nine Indigenous nations. It opens at the Umana Yana benab in Kingston with dance, cassava bread and craft stalls, and Georgetown hosts markets and exhibitions through the month. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Diwali motorcade

• Helligdag

  Diwali motorcade

  10. okt. – 20. nov. · normaltLukninger

  Diwali is a national holiday here, and the night before it a motorcade of lit floats runs the length of the city with houses along the route in diyas. Traffic on the sea wall road stops for hours. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Diwali motorcade

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Diwali motorcade (10. okt. – 20. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas and Old Year's Night, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Old Year's Night

  15. dec. – 1. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakketLukninger

  Stabroek Market and Regent Street are packed with shoppers in the run-up to Christmas; Boxing Day is also a holiday, and Old Year's Night ends with fireworks along the seawall. Kilde ↗