With the planting of a new tree of friendship, and the hoisting of the Axe Holguin – its symbol – in the highest part of the modern site of this town, the 31rst Romerías de Mayo came to an end today in the nicknamed Cuban City of the Parks, after seven days of art and thought.
After closing the cycle from tradition to modernity and launching the call for the next edition; the groups Punto Cero, Mentes Callejeras and then Alexander Abreu and Habana de Primera, offered a flying color closing.
Holguin, Romerías de Mayo, friendship, Cuba
The extensive program of the World Festival of Artistic Youth in its 30th anniversary celebration included around 20 events in multiple squares of the city, with musical downloads, theoretical workshops, fine arts and performing arts spaces, book presentations and tributes to prominent figures and founders of this multicultural event.
This year, Romerías de Mayo celebrated the 65th anniversaries of Casa de las Américas and the Cuban Film Institute (Icaic for its Spanish acronym).
The Congress of Thought and Prize for Young Researchers Memoria Nuestra was attended by relevant Cuban intellectuals such as the president of Casa de las Americas, Abel Prieto, the director of the Center for Literary Research of that institution, Jorge Fornet, as well as the director of the José Martí National Library, Omar Valiño.
Memoria Nuestra, the main event of the Romerías de Mayo, granted the research award to Magela Zamora Simons, for her research entitled “Ballet Folklórico Babul, arte para salvaguardar las tradiciones” (Babul Folkloric Ballet, art to safeguard traditions).
Holguin, Romerías de Mayo, friendship, Cuba
Cámara Azul, the film festival, organized daily screenings of films and documentaries, conferences and panels dedicated to Icaic, with the participation of actress Eslinda Nuñez and director Manuel Herrera, both national film award winners, as special guests, along with art critic and director of the Cuban Cinematheque Luciano Castillo.
In Babel, a space for the fine arts, this 2024 dedicated to photography, around 20 samples of young creators were exhibited, along with established artists such as the 2011 National Fine Arts Award, Ernesto Fernandez, Humberto Mayol, Roberto Chile and Julio Larramendi.
Performing arts and dance had a vital space with shows in squares and parks of this eastern Cuban city.
There was also a display of literature with poetry readings and book presentations in events such as La Isla en Verso, Proemio and Palabras compartidas, conducted by the local Ediciones La Luz.
Holguin, Romerías de Mayo, friendship, Cuba
Music came from the hand and talent of exponents such as Swiss flautist Antipe Da Stella and renowned national artists such as Nelson Valdés, Polito Ibáñez, Duet Iris, Roly Berrío, Carlos Lage, Tony Ávila, among other groups and soloists who starred in the spaces Quiero una canción, Destrabando la trova, La plaza del arte joven and the Esquina del Jazz.
The Romerías de Mayo also promoted the rescue of Cuban national traditions with the performances of the Tumba Francesa de Bejuco and Caridad de Oriente, from Santiago de Cuba.
The 60th Anniversary Award of the Cuban Music Recording Company (Egrem) was also given to the Orquesta Hermanos Avilés and the trova singer and songwriter Fernando Cabrejas from Holguín.
More than 500 delegates from 10 nations and Cuba participated in the XXXI Romerías de Mayo.
With information from Prensa Latina / Translated by Radio Angulo
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