Английская Википедия:Hosororo
Hosororo is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana, on the west bank of the Aruka River, Шаблон:Convert from the river's mouth, and three miles from Mabaruma.
It is known for its production of organic cocoa and is home to a nursery and propagation centre.[1]
The Arawak started to settle in the area about 3,500 years ago.[2] The village known for its fertile soils, and is the earliest known site of cassava cultivation by Amerindians in Guyana.[3] In 2016, Horosoro was joined with Mabaruma into a single town.[4]
Aubrey Williams, the abstract expressionist painter, who was banished to Hosororo as a result of his activism for the sugar farmers, was inspired by the Amerindian art and culture he found here.[5]
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