• Work to rebuild Guyana’s historic Umana Yana, which was destroyed by a fire in 2014, is in full swing.
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  • ...Guyana and northern Brazil.The Wai wai in Guyana live in the far south of the country, near the headwaters of the Essequibo River.The Umana Yana in...
  • The name “Umana Yana” comes from a famous monument in Guyana whose name means “meeting house of the people” in the indigenous Wai-Wai language.
  • The Umana Yana, which was burnt on September 9, 2014, was a conical palm thatched hut (benab) erected for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in...
  • Cuffy is a National Hero in Guyana, brought in the 18th century from Africa to be a slave in Berbice.
  • A spanking new Umana Yana was handed over to the Ministry of Culture on Thursday.
  • The Guyana Police Force is investigating an attempt to torch a national landmark, the Umana Yana, Kingston Georgetown early Sunday.
  • The Umana Yana is a conical palm thatched hut (benab) erected for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Georgetown, Guyana in August 1972 as...
  • The erection of a 50-foot Totem Pole in the environs of the Umana Yana is on the horizon.