(EFE).- The renowned Cuban ethnologist, folklorist and writer Rogelio Martínez Furé, winner of the national awards for Cultural Research (2001), Dance (2002) and Literature (2015), died this Monday in Havana at the age of 85. age.
Martínez Furé was the founder in 1962 of the National Folkloric Ensemble, in order to maintain the collection, preservation and promotion of the richest musical and dance traditions of Afro-Cuban origin.
Since its creation, he has worked at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, specializing in the study and dissemination of African cultural influences in America.
The also Doctor Honoris Causa of the Superior Institute of Art of Havana signed almost two dozen books and pamphlets, among them several titles on French and Portuguese poets and those of African languages. Added to this are several pieces of music.
At the time of his death he was an advisor and librettist for the National Folkloric Ensemble, also a UNESCO expert.
His studies are considered a reliable source of knowledge, very useful for researchers on the subject, as well as for students of the Art Instructor Courses.
At the time of his death, he was an adviser and librettist for the National Folkloric Ensemble, also a UNESCO expert and a member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Cuban Commission before that international organization.
Some of his publications are Mambisa-Palenque (1976); Imaginary Dialogues (1979); African Diwan (1988); and Wisps of memory (2004).
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