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Celebrating Havana as World Wonder City
01June
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Celebrating Havana as World Wonder City

By Maritza Mariana Hernández

 

Hundreds of millions of people in the whole world voted in favor of Havana to be selected as one of the seven World Wonder Cities. The selection was the result of a campaign started in 2011 and promoted by the Swiss foundation New7Wonders.         

 

It was known during a conference press at the Cuban Arts Building of the Fine Arts National Museum the declaration will be celebrated with a group of cultural actions, starting with the reveal, next June 7, of a monument and its commemorative plaque at the open area of the Castillo de San Salvador de La Punta (7:30 p.m).

 

The same day, at 9:00 pm, will take place an artistic gala devoted to Havana with the participation of the Band of Concerts, the National Lyric Theatre Company, the Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba Company, the Entrevoces Choir, the Conjunto Folclorico Nacional, the Tropicana Cabaret Ballet and the musical group Buena Vista Social Club at the Plaza Vieja.

 

The activities also include an allegoric exhibit to the city at San Alejandro Fine Arts National Academy and the conferences “La Habana, ciudad mágica”, by Dr. Félix Julio Alonso López, vice-dean of the University San Gerónimo de La Habana (June 8, 3:00 p.m.) and “Las campañas globales de New7Wonders: Monumentos del pasado. El presente estado de la naturaleza y las ciudades, el mayor desafío del futuro para la humanidad”, by Bernard Weber, president of the New7Wonders Foundation (June 10, 10:00 a.m.), both at the Palacio del Segundo Cabo, at present Centro para la Interpretación de las Relaciones Culturales Cuba-Europa.      

 

On June 9, from 4 to 6 in the afternoon, there will be a procession of traditional and contemporary dancing groups, comparsas, on Paseo del Prado, from La Punta to the Fuente de la India.

 

On June 11 (9:00 a.m.), at the open area of La Punta will be celebrated the Sports Festival Habana Maravilla. To close these celebration days will take place a great concert by Aragon Orchestra in the corner of Prado and Neptuno streets (9:00 p.m.)

 

Havana is mostly distinguished for its warm and hospitable atmosphere and the charisma and the joviality of its inhabitants.

 

 

Source: Cubarte