Head Start pre-schoolers visit AIA, Cayo Village
Pre-schoolers from Head Start Pre-school visited the Argyle International Airport on Friday, April 22, 2016.
While the students got a peek into the future of air travel in St Vincent and the Grenadines, they also had a glimpse of our past at the Cayo Village.{{more}} The eager lot had a first-hand view of the indigenous culture of St Vincent and the Grenadines, where five huts replicating a typical Carib village are being constructed.
Erasto Robertson of the National Parks was only too happy to describe what a typical home for the Caribs looked like over 400 years ago. The children touched the Roseau leaves, which is the material used to make the huts; looked into two of the five thatched houses already completed; and were able to view the structure of one of the huts under construction. It was noted that the Cayo Village is located on the exact site of a village previously inhabited by Caribs.
According to Robertson, the project is a collaborative effort of the National Parks, National Trust, Ministry of Tourism and the International Airport Development Company.
The students then journeyed to a strategic point, from where they were able to view the terminal building, control tower and runway, all at once. It was indeed an historic moment when the eager minds were exposed to our past, while embracing our future, as old meets new in Argyle.
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