Business booms for Easter Monday
Christine Sukhram
Guyana Chronicle
April 12, 2004
DOWNTOWN Georgetown was a hype of activities yesterday as excited buyers with their children in tow made purchases of kites and clothing in the countdown to the most anticipated holiday of the year since Mash.
They expect to joint thousands this Easter Monday on the seawalls, pastures, the gardens, and other open spaces who'll be flying kites, armed with picnic baskets, drinks, food and music.
Shop owners were busy also as many shoppers crowded the few open bargain shops, especially on Regent Street, to make last-minute purchases.
As for the kite vendors, it was sheer business as the shoppers chose from a wide range of plastic and beautifully coloured kites, selling for as low as $800 to a high of $2 500, adorned with stickers of popular animated television cartoons.
Kite vendor Andre Gilbert, who has been in the business for over six years, said yesterday was "good"; he'd sold about 20 kites - and the day was far from over.
Gilbert specializes in making four-feet plastic, coloured kites.
One excited woman with her three children told the Guyana Chronicle that she brought them to the city to purchase kites for today. She plans to prepare food and take her children to the National Park to fly their kites.
Business was also "very good" for Regent Street clothes vendor Sandra Recon yesterday.
"I sold many clothing, especially ladies jeans, tops and children clothing," she said.
On the eve on Easter Monday several retail and wholesale stores and shopping plazas were open for business.
The indication was that other places countrywide boomed with business as bargain hunters flocked markets, retail outlets and street stalls to purchase clothing and kites, all of which were in abundance.
On the East Coast of Demerara, children could be seen in open spaces flying various kites, including the popular "caddy old punch".