Until Sunday, February 2, Cartagena de India is the epicenter of this literary and cultural event.
There is a festival, panel moderated by Juan Lozano.
The There are Cartagena Festival, One of the most important literary and cultural events in the world, and during this 2025 celebrates its twentieth edition in Colombia. Until Sunday, February 2, Cartagena de Indias is the epicenter of an encounter that will bring together writers, artists, thinkers and opinion leaders of various disciplines.
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According to Constanza Escobar, director of Development of the Hay Festival, for this year there are more than 50 free events that Cartageneros and Bolivarenses can access, with the intention that they can also enjoy this world impact event.
“This is a gift for Cartagena. We have worked all year to arrive with a program where there should be no impediments to attend. That said, what we have done are programming throughout the old town. In turn we have the community, we have the there is young; Between those two are already added 55 free events for all the Cartagena, but even more, the last day of the La Boletería Festival is free25% of the capacity of our locations are given for all those who have a bolivar card, ”said Escobar.
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As the Development Director said, the events of this Sunday, February 2 will be free for people with Bolivarian ID and, in fact, those interested can approach the Cartagena de Indias Convention Center and claim the ticket office for the conference you want to enter that day. Likewise, students have had access to 10 courtesy tickets, addition to The events related to the there are young, which are mostly developed at the University of Cartagena and the Technological University of Bolívar. They also have free entry until the capacity is completed. In general, much of the agenda will be free, such as the there are community that has reached the neighborhoods and corregimientos.
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Programming includes talks, workshops, book presentations, concerts and other cultural activities.
There is a festival for the community
He There are community festival It celebrates two decades of impact in the communities of Cartagena de Indias, bringing literature and culture to children and young people from neighborhoods and municipalities of the department of Bolívar.
Ángela Anzola, executive president of the ‘Plan Foundation’, He highlighted the initiative that seeks that the cultural offer of the festival transcends the historic center and reaches sectors such as Pozón, Nelson Mandela, Bayunca, Turbaco and La Boquilla, among others.
“With this we have reached El Pozón, Nelson Mandela, Bayunca, Turbaco. We have also been in the nozzle, a number of communities where we have tried to make culture at the hands of boys and girls, that this cultural and literary offer so important, ”he said.
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Since its creation, the There is a community festival has held more than 300 events in 12 neighborhoods and municipalities, impacting more than 18,000 boys and girls. In a first approach for many of them to books and reading, the measure has allowed a taste for literature and discover new possibilities for their future.
“This has a very large impact because unfortunately for many of the circumstances that are lived in some of these communities do not have access to books to this world that allows them and develop a enjoyment, a taste and reading,” he added.
The work begins months before the festival, with training activities that prepare participants for the meeting with writers, illustrators and artists.
Within the programming Initiatives such as the reporting workshop are highlighted, where young people can narrate the realities of their communities and the Fanzines and Community Edition Workshop, which gives them tools to capture their stories creatively.
Source: Integrated information system
