THE Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday launched its band for the Independence Day costume and float titled, “Bread Basket of the Caribbean.”Principal Assistant Secretary Sharon Fareed told the Guyana Chronicle that 52 employees will form the ministry’s band.

Apart from the “Bread Basket of the Caribbean” float, the ministry will also carry another float centred on the period of 1970 to 1980, depicting the late Linden Forbes Burnham on his horse sharing cassava from the farm.

The designer, Olympia Small-Sonaram, worked with the concept the ministry wanted to be depicted in the costumes and floats and used the colours of bronze, green, gold, and yellow, red and others.
The float and costumes were launched under the theme, “Reflecting and Celebrating our Cultivation.”
The commercial section of the float focuses on livestock, sugar, rice and drainage and irrigation.
Sonaram added that “the costumes were made from tie-dye, colourful prints and other fabric with colours of the Golden Arrowhead that are representations of the textile industry that thrived in Guyana through companies such as the Sanata Textile Mill.”
Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder on Wednesday took the time out to pose with the staff, some of whom were dressed in their colourful costumes.