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Guyana: Peoples
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Guyana’s various ethnic groups form distinct communities within the nation. This division extends into politics, where major political parties are often identified with specific ethnic groups. Despite the political importance of ethnic identifications, a common Guyanese culture has developed. The bulk of the people are descendents of plantation workers and have had little contact with their ancestral homelands. There is ... widespread belief that racial or ethnic origin should be unimportant in public life. There is broad tolerance of religious diversity.
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With more than 900 deaths, the People's Temple sect led by Rev. Jim Jones holds the modern record for its mass-suicide in 1978 at Jonestown, Guyana. However, a greater number of Jehovah's Witnesses have died in obedience to their leadership's ban on blood, according to a recent book reviewed last month in JAMA. The medical journal departed from its usual subject matter to review BLOOD ON THE ALTAR: CONFESSIONS OF A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS MINISTER, on the grounds that the book "would be most useful to clinicians who treat Jehovah's Witnesses and to emergency and critical care providers who often must deal with a patient's refusal to accept a blood transfusion when death is otherwise imminent," according to Marianne Mann, MD, who wrote the review. The book by former Witness elder David A. Reed traces the Watchtower movement's roots back to the Adventists of the mid-to-late 1800s, the same source as the Branch Davidians who died in large numbers at Waco, Texas, in a shoot-out and subsequent fire in 1993.
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Education is free in Guyana. The public school system is under a lot of criticism. There are some private schools. There is one University, with two campuses(Tain and Turkeyen), the University of Guyana. Some of the teachers in Guyana are from overseas, and manage to use their time here to travel around while the job gives an opportunity to meet people.
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