The 33rd edition of the Caribbean Festival "Fire Fiesta" to be held in Cuba in July

The official announcement of the 33rd edition of the Caribbean Festival was made on Monday in this city in the presence of Culture Minister Rafael Bernal and renowned intellectuals of the island.


The Fire Fiesta Festival will be held from July 3rd to the 9th in eastern Santiago de Cuba province. On this occasion, it will be dedicated to the Colombian Caribbean, pointed out Orlando Verges, member of the organizing committee.

Verges, also director of the Caribbean Center, informed about the presence in the Festival of almost 150 people and 20 researchers from the guest country.

So far, 1,189 artists and intellectuals from 20 nations have confirmed their attendance to the meeting, among them Venezuela, Curacao, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Surinam and Colombia.

The organizing committee announced 52 places in the province where activities will take place for the enjoyment of the population, among them parks, theaters, avenues and other spaces.

The Heredia Cultural Complex will host 29 cultural galas and 30 shows, as well as 35 fine arts exhibitions in galleries and other centers of this city.

The theoretical meeting The Caribbean that Unites Us proposes debates on the identities of the peoples, cultures of resistance, traditional knowledge, oral traditions, natural medicine and religion, all of them related to inhabitants in the area.

 

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