The event, led by journalist and critic Fernando Rodr\u00edguez Sosa, will be dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of ethnologist Natalia Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui.<\/p>\n
The gathering will take place on Thursday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m., at the Fayad Jam\u00eds Bookstore, located on Calle Obispo261 entre Cuba y Aguiar, in Old Havana.<\/p>\n
This meeting will feature poet, essayist, and translator Nancy Morej\u00f3n, winner of the National Literature Prize; writer Natalia del R\u00edo, daughter of Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui and co-author of several of her books; and poet and essayist David L\u00f3pez Ximeno. They will share memories of the life and work of Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui, who was also a researcher and painter.<\/p>\n
Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to recordings of Natalia Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui’s voice from the tribute organized at the Fayad Jam\u00eds Bookstore on the occasion of her 85th birthday, as well as enjoy performances by the vocal group Daisy Brau and Oba-Ar\u00e9anle.<\/p>\n
Born in Havana in 1934 and passing away in the same city in 2023, Natalia Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui was an active fighter against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.<\/p>\n
A disciple of Lydia Cabrera, she dedicated decades to the study of anthropology, a field that allowed her to publish numerous articles and essays and deliver lectures in various countries around the world.<\/p>\n
Her extensive bibliography includes books such as Los orishas en Cuba<\/strong>, Ta Makuende Yaya y las Reglas de Palo Monte<\/strong>, La muerte es principio no fin<\/strong>, Mitos y leyendas de la comida afrocubana<\/strong>, Quint\u00edn Banderas<\/strong>, Lydia Cabrera en su laguna sagrada<\/strong>, Nkor\u00ed. Vocablos africanos en la m\u00fasica cubana<\/strong>, and La sabidur\u00eda de los or\u00e1culos. If\u00e1, los caracoles y el coco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n El elogio oportuno\u2014which aims to honor writers, books, historical events, and institutions celebrating significant anniversaries\u2014takes its name from the Marti aphorism: \u00abtimely praise fosters merit; and the lack of timely praise discourages it,\u00bb which appeared in the pages of the newspaper Patria<\/strong> in April 1892.<\/p>\n Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n Photo: Pet\u00ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sponsored by the Fayad Jam\u00eds Bookstore and the Culture and Social Sciences Sections of the Economic Society of Friends of the Country, El elogio oportuno will be dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of ethnologist Natalia Bol\u00edvar Ar\u00f3stegui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[773],"ppma_author":[178],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-cuba","tag-natalia-bolivar-arostegui"],"authors":[{"term_id":178,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"alicia-soto-smith","display_name":"Alicia Soto Smith","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3354,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}