The Association of Haitians and their Descendants (AHD) of Guantanamo celebrated the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, a date established by the United Nations to promote the richness of the world’s cultures as well as the essential role of intercultural dialogue for achieving peace and sustainable development.
Francisco Díaz Díaz, president of the AHD, emphasized the accumulation of practices and knowledge inherited from his predecessors, refined in the ethnic-cultural mosaic of this eastern region; At the same time, he asked the other communities of Hispanic and Caribbean descent to establish an exchange in favor of the preservation of the authentic values of those cultures formed for centuries in the Guantanamo identity.
In the meeting held at the Casa del Changüí Chito Latamblet Veranes in this city, there was also space to celebrate the Day of the Amateur Artist, a movement to which several promoters of Haitian traditions in the province belong, such as the groups Los Cossiá, Assossye and the musician Abel Osmany Jones -Venezuelan player for four-that performed in the activity.
The members of the Association of Haitians and their Descendants in Guantanamo celebrated the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, along with representatives of the Bristish Indians Welfare Center and the Puerto Rican community, as well as cultural promoters of the Neighborhood Centro, Jordany Grandales Iznaga – leader of the socio-cultural project Jagüey La Esperanza of the Argeo Martinez community- and Adela Gómez Blanco, leader of the sociocultural project El Patio de Adela y el Caverchelo.Comb.
In the same way, the members of the AHD honored the mothers and fathers of their organization, a moment of remembrance to those who bequeathed a whole heritage of musical-dance expressions, crafts, syncretic-religious practices and wisdom for life
Guantanamo celebrated the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, along with representatives of the Antillean Welfare Center and the Puerto Rican community, as well as cultural promoters from the Neigborhood Centro, Jordany Grandales Iznaga – leader of the Jagüey La Esperanza project of the Argeo Martinez community- and Adela Gómez Blanco, manager of the sociocultural project El Patio de Adela y el Caverchelo.Comb
