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 National Anthem
Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains,
Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rains.
Set gem-like and fair, between mountains and sea,
your children salute you, dear land of the free.
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Green land of Guyana, our heroes of yore,
and both bondsmen and free, laid their bones on your shore.
This soil so they hallowed, and from them are we,
All sons of one mother, Guyana the free.
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Great land of Guyana, diverse though our
strains,
we are born of their sacrifice, heirs of
their pains.
And
ours is the glory their eyes did not see,
one
land of six peoples, united and free.
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Dear land of Guyana, to you will we give,
our homage, our service, each day that we live.
God guard you, Great Mother, and make us to be
more worthy our heritage, land of the free.
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The Golden Arrowhead, Guyanas National Flag
has FIVE symbolic colors-
GREEN
Represents the agricultural and forested nature of Guyana,
WHITE
symbolizes the rivers and the water potential of the country,
GOLDEN
arrow represents Guyanas mineral wealth,
BLACK
portrays the endurance that will sustain the forward thrust of the Guyanese people and
the
RED
represents the zeal and dynamic nature of nation building which lies before
the young and independent Guyana.
ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY
The
design consists of an Amerindian head-dress symbolizing the indigenous people of the country, two diamonds at the sides of
the head-dress representing mining industry, a helmet (monarchial insignia), two jaguars holding a pick axe, sugar cane and
a stalk of rice (symbolizing Guyana's sugar and rice industries), a shield decorated with the National Flower (Victoria Regia
Lily), three blue wavy lines representing the waters of Guyana and the National Bird (Canje Pheasant).
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