A new edition of the Fiesta de la Iberoamerican Culture begins this Monday in the Cuban city of Holguinwhere artists, promoters and researchers will meet to show their art and discuss the mutual encounter between Europe and America, according to official media on the island.
Representatives from more than 15 countries confirmed their participation in the event, which is now in its 28th edition and returns to the face-to-face format after two years of being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The event will open with the Thought Forum “Towards a World”, convened by the José Manuel Guarch Del Monte and Ibero-American honorary chairs, and will have as its main conference “America: From genocide to American identity”, as reported the agency Latin Press (PL).
The plastic arts will be among the protagonists of the program, in which a tribute panel to the painter stands out Cosme Proenza, recently deceasedand the exhibition “Rooster Fights, Peasant Traditions”, by the American photographer Bob Michael, refers to the medium.
The jazz player León Quincy also arrives from the United States, who will give a master class at the José María Ochoa Conservatory of Music, located in the historic center of the Holguin city.
The Eddy Suñol Theater will host the inaugural concert of this new edition of the Fiesta, under the direction of Orestes Saavedra, while the traditional parade will resume from El Quijote Park to the Casa de Iberoamérica, in front of San José Park.
accurate PL that the days of the event will last until October 28, with spaces reserved for the Iberocuento, the Fiesta Campesina, the Ibero-American Congress of Thought and the Ibero-American Colloquium of Letters, which will announce the winner of the Adelaida Prize for Marble.
The Ibero-American Culture Festival was held for the first time in 1993, at the initiative of the then Minister of Culture Armando Hart Dávalos, due to the development of Cuba’s relations with the nations of that region.
