Events calendar Venezuelan Guyana

The large annual festival of Ciudad Bolivar is known in the country. It celebrates the fishing at Sapoara, a fish that is in the Orinoco waters and fish only once in the year. A gastronomic tradition, we prepare it fried, stuffed or grilled.

In August, the great annual festival in Ciudad Bolívar is known in the country. It celebrates the Sapoara, a fish in the Orinoco waters and fish only once in the year. A gastronomic tradition, we prepare it fried, stuffed or grilled. Several days of fairs to celebrate the vibrant fish that come out of the lagoons to climb the main river. Fishing is in honor but today the festival has expanded to include a number of aquatic activities, exhibitions of agricultural products and folklore, but above all rumba and beer! Attention to the crowd. A traditional adage during this festival says that whoever eats sapoara on that day will stay in Guyana and that if he eats his head he will be married to a Guyanese woman.

A day to enjoy cakes, tea, juices, jams. All producers in the area are present with their derivatives. The opportunity to taste this tropical flower as delicious as it is known: its taste and medicinal properties will surprise you. 

On December 30, the small dozen beekeepers in the corner meet, the event grows every year, now all beekeepers come to compete with the best honey and its derivatives.