The Umana Yana (pronounced oo-man-a yan-na) is a conical palm thatched hut (benab) erected for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Georgetown, Guyana in August 1972 as a V.I.P. lounge and recreation centre.

Nov 9, 2014 · Situated on Main Street next to the landmark Pegasus Hotel, the Benab (the unofficial but widely used name of the building) was a universally known part of the Georgetown landscape that is until a fire on September 9, 2014 gutted the building.

Sep 10, 2017 · ERUPTING from the waves of white sands and rising amidst the lush greenery stands tall the ‘Pakuri Benabo’, a remarkable piece of indigenous craftsmanship and native architecture that now decorates the landscape of the Pakuri Village (St. Cuthbert’s Mission).

Dec 17, 2021 · Umana Yana is located on High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. The word Umana Yana is an Indigenous term used by the Wai Wai people to describe the huge benabs they usually congregate in as a meeting place. The first Umana Yana to be built in the city of Georgetown was erected in 1972.

Feb 21, 2014 · The Umana Yana, currently one of the gazetted monuments of Guyana, is a conical shaped palm thatched hut also referred to as a benab. Shaped like the Wai-Wai benabs found in Guyana’s hinterland the word Umana Yana is of Wai Wai Amerindian origin meaning, “meeting place of the people.”

The meaning of BENAB is a native hut or shelter in Guiana.

Sep 20, 2017 · The Annai Benab, located in the heart of the Central Rupununi community, is the largest indigenous ‘meeting place’ in Guyana. This remarkable model of Indigenous Craftsmanship and native Architecture stands at 70 feet tall and 90 feet wide; larger than the Umana Yana in Georgetown, which is only 55-feet high.

Oct 2, 2010 · The Umana Yana on Main Street, next to the Pegasus Hotel, is a conical palm thatched hut (benab) erected for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Guyana in August 1972 as a V.I.P. Lounge and recreation centre.

The Umana Yana is a conical palm thatched hut (benab) erected for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Guyana in August 1972 as a V.I.P. Lounge and recreation centre.

Jul 14, 2016 · Constructed by the Wai Wais in 1972, the 55-foot Umana Yana had been a conical, palm-thatched hut (benab) erected as a VIP lounge and recreation centre for the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Guyana in August of that year.