Havana, July 15 (Prensa Latina) The 15th International Meeting of Tales for an Old City opened today amid bees from the children’s company Los Meñiquitos, verses by José Martí, and an amalgamation of colors and stories.
The Rubén Martínez Villena Public Library, located in Old Havana’s Plaza de Armas, hosted the opening of this event, which will take place from July 15 to 21 in plazas and parks throughout the capital, with Mexico as the country to which the event will be dedicated.
In the Zapotec dialect of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, a region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a traditional tale from that territory was narrated, while the little ones from Los Meñiquitos performed La Guantanamera.
The children’s group concluded their performance with a song dedicated to Cuba, and as they themselves expressed, they are on each of their stages “out of passion, love, and feeling, because having talent means having a good heart.”
The invited Cuban artists will come from the provinces of Holguín, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Camagüey, and Havana.
As every year, the International Award “The Art of Storytelling” will be presented to outstanding storytellers who create magic with their oral traditions.
For six days, Havana’s Historic Center will be the chosen meeting point for this event dedicated to the art of storytelling, sponsored by the Havana Theater Center, the National Council for the Performing Arts, the Office of the City Historian, and the Teatro de la Palabra Company.
After the start, participants and organizers headed to a Café de Conviviality at the Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center.
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