{"id":3481,"date":"2024-10-10T07:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2024-10-09T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:19:09","slug":"cuban-cultural-celebration-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/cuban-cultural-celebration-2024-10102024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Cultural Celebration 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban Cultural Celebration 2024, set to take place from October 10 to 20, reserves its main tributes for writer Alejo Carpentier and art instructors.<\/p>\n

This was revealed at a press conference held at the Abelardo Estorino Theatre Hall of the Ministry of Culture (Mincult), featuring special guests such as Dr. Graziella Pogolotti, the renowned intellectual; Digna Guerra, director of the National Choir of Music; writer Francisco L\u00f3pez Sacha; musicologist Sonia Margarita P\u00e9rez Cassola, director of the National Museum of Music; and dancer and choreographer Leiv\u00e1n Garc\u00eda, director of the Cuban National Folkloric Ensemble.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Carpentier, Dr. Pogolotti noted that he was not only a writer, journalist, and musicologist but also a master explicitly recognized by the generation of storytellers who formed part of the so-called \u00abLatin American Boom\u00bb in narrative literature.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Graziella Pogolotti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The esteemed essayist also shared that she will soon make available to the press and public a text dedicated to the life and work of Carpentier, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1977). This year, we also commemorate the 120th anniversary of his birth.<\/p>\n

The creation of the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Art Instructors Brigade (BJM) on October 20, 2004, initiated by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, also serves as an important moment to acknowledge the efforts of this group of artists. This initiative was preceded by the opening of the first National School of Art Instructors in 1961. As Agust\u00edn Adri\u00e1n P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez, Director General of Cultural Programming at the Ministry of Culture, explained, \u201cFidel’s idea, supported by the will of great figures like Isabel Monal, helped promote all the actions necessary to make the fundamental principle of the Revolution’s cultural policy\u2014the democratization of culture\u2014a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez highlighted two significant events related to the BJM: the Central Political-Cultural Gala for the 20th anniversary of its founding and the 12th National Workshop on Scientific-Practical Experience Exchange, both held in Villa Clara.<\/p>\n

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The Alejo Carpentier Foundation is also collaborating on various events, including Saturday Book Club, scheduled for October 12 and 19 in the Madera Street area of Old Havana, and a Grand Tribute Concert for the author of The Kingdom of This World<\/strong>, to be held in the Auditorium of the University of the Arts.<\/p>\n

As in previous years, the opening of the Celebration will carry special significance with the cultural ceremony taking place in Manzanillo, Granma, featuring the traditional ringing of the Demajagua sugar mill bell and the launch of the call for the 30th edition of the Fiesta de la Cuban\u00eda in Bayamo.<\/p>\n

On October 10, the capital will witness the premiere of Comunidad<\/strong>, a film by Claudio Pel\u00e1ez Sordo. The audiovisual piece captures the process of assembling, rehearsing, and staging the dance performance Comunidad<\/strong> by the Cuban National Folkloric Ensemble, a work that won the Milan\u00e9s Scholarship 2023 from the Hermanos Sa\u00edz Association (AHS).<\/p>\n

Deputy Minister of Culture, Lizette Mart\u00ednez Luzardo, noted that up until the 20th, all municipalities across the country will participate in this wide-reaching movement, and events will continue beyond that date.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Celebration will also contribute to education by encouraging the study and deepening of our cultural identity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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Vice Minister of Culture, Lizette Mart\u00ednez Luzardo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mart\u00ednez Luzardo emphasized the reopening of the National Museum of Music, the National Choir of Cuba\u2019s performance at Havana\u2019s John Lennon Park, and the 28th edition of the Havana International Ballet Festival Alicia Alonso, which will run from October 28 to November 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur diplomatic missions will also be hosting their own activities. An important highlight will be the Cuban delegation\u2019s participation in the Book Fair in Serbia, which forms part of our international program. Additionally, there\u2019s a forthcoming tribute marking the 505th anniversary of Havana, a city profoundly represented in Carpentier’s works,\u201d the Deputy Minister concluded.<\/p>\n

In this context, the AHS National Council will present the Maestros de Juventudes awards, while other activities will underscore the negative impact of the U.S. government\u2019s blockade on Cuba\u2019s cultural sector.<\/p>\n

According to Dayl\u00e9n Vega Muguercia, Director of the Multimedial Center at Mincult, the planned schedule for the Cuban Cultural Celebration 2024 will be accompanied by a strong communication campaign, with further details to be shared through traditional media outlets and the Ministry\u2019s social media channels, including X, Facebook, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

Photos: Jos\u00e9 Luis Alvarez Su\u00e1rez<\/p>\n

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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