This location is known as the City of the Big Earthenware Jars, a name
given just after its final settlement, inland, supposedly at the
beginning of January, 1528.
culture an traditions
The City of the Big Earthenware Jars is Camaguey
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Big Concert in Santiago de Cuba City
Singer songwriters from Cuba and other countries will perform for 12
hours in this eastern Cuban city, during an international festival to
honor Jose Pepe Sanchez, one of the country's major composers.
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Caribe Girls, Cuban female salsa
Female salsa bands had a boost during the 1990's with the Boom of Cuban
Salsa, as it happened during the 19930's due to economic problems.
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Week of la Francophonie Dedicated to Haiti
The Week of la Francophonie, scheduled for March 13-22 in Havana, will
be dedicated to Haiti as announced by Alain Zayan, cultural attach of
the French embassy in the Cuban capital.
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Video art from Pompidou to be exhibited in Havana
The Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center exhibits, from Monday onwards
an exhibition of artistic videos from the Pompidou Center, in Paris
that includes work by Jean-Luc Godard and nine more international
artists.
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Patricio Amaro's Sweet Madness
In my hands I’m holding Patricio Amaro's new disk, the boy who sung "love I never forget you, / I never forget you, my love".
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Festival of the Drum: Source of the Cuban Percussion
The party of the Cuban percussion is right around the corner with the
9th Festival of the Drum Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam with venue in
Havana and that includes concerts, competition, and theoretical
events.
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Visitors to Cuba can bring back samples of island arts from Havana galleries
If you venture into Old Havana, you can't miss the many art galleries
among the elegant arches and columns of the restored colonial streets.
And, if you're lucky, you may just come upon some of Cuba's top artists
at work there, or at least minding the shop.
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Leo Brouwer, Prize Tomas Luis de Victoria
One of the greatest awards in the world of music, inside the
Ibero-American environment, the 10th Awards SGAE Tomas Luis de
Victoria, has been granted to the Cuban composer and interpreter Leo
Brouwer.
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Cuban National Ballet to Perform for International Women's Day in Havana
The Cuban Federation of Women (FMC) along with the Cuban National
Ballet (BNC) are holding a special gala to celebrate International
Women’s Day, March 8, at the Gran Teatro in Havana.
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Cuban flowers in New York
Flowers from around the world will be on display in Philadelphia,
orchids in the Bronx will help conjure up Cuba, and the streetscapes of
Paris have been reimagined at a garden in St. Louis.
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Bayamo, land of remembrances
San Salvador de Bayamo was the second town founded by Diego Velazquez
in 1513, amid the fertile valley of Cauto River, very close to Sierra
Maestra legendary mountains.
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Cuban Films to Compete in Guadalajara Festival
The documentary “Ave Maria” and the feature film “Lisanka” are the
Cuban films in competition at the XXV Guadalajara International Film
Festival, to be held from March 12th through the 19th in Mexico.
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Book Fair Reaches Eastern Cuban Provinces
The 2010 19th Internacional Book Fair of Cuba will arrive at the
eastern provinces of Cuba as of March 3 informed AIN news agency.
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Cuba's first village, Baracoa
Baracoa is the first village of Cuba. When Christopher Columbus
discovered this beautiful place on November 27th 1492 he said " this is
the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen, for its good port,
delicious water and plenty of wood.
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