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I would have bet a lot of money that Guyana was a country somewhere in Africa. I'm so surprised to find out it is South America. The article was a good read.
by fracus 2y ago
I would have bet a lot of money that Guyana was a country somewhere in Africa. I'm so surprised to find out it is South America. The article was a good read.
- siriaan 2y agoJust like Andorra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_iqrvnC_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_iqrvnC_4
- walterbell 2y agoAt one time, partnered with North Korea! https://apjjf.org/2015/13/4/Moe-Taylor/4258 https://apjjf.org/2015/13/4/Moe-Taylor/4258 > Mass Games in North Korea.. are without comparison the largest choreographed performance in the world.. There are three central components.. gymnastics, music, and the panoramic backdrop.. The backdrop is created through tens of thousands of children aligned in one side of the stadium seats holding books of illustrated cards positioned contiguously with each other to give the illusion of an imperforate surface; by changing the pages of the book in precisely coordinated unison following the signals of a conductor, the backdrop image is transformed throughout the performance.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoGuinea, Guyana, and Ghana… are hard to keep straight. 2/3 in Africa. Add French, New, and Papua combos and no wonder.
- teractiveodular 2y agoGuyana: South America French Guiana: South America Guinea: Africa Guinea-Bissau: Africa Equatorial Guinea: Africa Papua New Guinea: Asia Bonus fun fact: the guinea pig is from Peru and has no known connection to any of these.
- walterbell 2y agoMore spelling fun, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana
- cassepipe 2y agoWait there's more : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoMy Minnesota-born brother in law: "You're from Africa, right?" "No, Guyana, not Ghana." "Pardon my ignorance, but where is that exactly?" :-)
- cassepipe 2y ago> If you ask a random American about Guyana, they won’t know what it is. If they’ve heard of it, they will probably think it’s in Africa (happened to me 3X times), and if they know just a little bit more about it, they know it’s the home of Jonestown.