In Bartica
50 is the golden number
today. Guyana New York City
Also this year, Bartica
becomes an official town since its inception.
Its population is 17,000 people and I am told it has a major port for
goods, such as diamonds and gold. Because
of the areas rich red soil, the Amerindian word bartak was used and a
mispronunciation left it with the name it has today.
To reach here at least 50 of
us took the four hour ferry from Guyana ’s
West Coast, along the river Essequibo and then after an hour drive from Georgetown
Our purpose in Bartica was to
expose the residents to the maha-mantra through the method of Pada-Yatra, a
festival on foot. This is how I got my
walking today, at a guess-timation of 6 Kilometres. Our culmination point was at the quaint
community centre ground where we had the chance to interact and display Krishna
Consciousness to locals.
It was on the long boat ride
to reach here. That became a high point
when we reserved an hour for kirtan and a reading from the book Swamiji,
subtitled “An early disciple, Brahmananda Dasa, Remember his Guru.” Every chance I get I have my head sunk in the
text.
May the Source be with you!
6 km
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