Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Georgetown, Guyana

Druk — Christmas and Old Year's Night, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas and Old Year's Night (15 dec – 1 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Mashramani, Phagwah

• Festival

  Mashramani

  15–24 febCarnavalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Phagwah

  25 feb – 25 mrt · meestalReligieus feestSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Phagwah, Easter kite flying

• Festival

  Easter kite flying

  20 mrt – 25 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Phagwah (25 feb – 25 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Easter kite flying

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter kite flying (20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal))

Druk — Guyana Carnival

• Risico

  Flooding in the city

  1 mei – 31 jul · meestalOverstromingsseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Guyana Carnival

  18–27 mei · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Flooding in the city (1 mei – 31 jul (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Flooding in the city (1 mei – 31 jul (meestal))

Druk — Emancipation festival

• Festival

  Emancipation festival

  1 augGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Amerindian Heritage Month

  1–30 sepGroot 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. Bron ↗

Druk — Diwali motorcade

• Feestdag

  Diwali motorcade

  10 okt – 20 nov · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Diwali motorcade

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Diwali motorcade (10 okt – 20 nov (meestal))

Druk — Christmas and Old Year's Night, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Christmas and Old Year's Night

  15 dec – 1 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗