With the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the 2022 National Award for Community Culture was presented yesterday, in its three categories, granted by the Ministry of Culture and the National Council of Houses of Culture.
In the Personality section, the award was received by Luis Cordero Peguero from Matanzas, poet, narrator and promoter of peasant culture. Among the groups, the award went to the Grupo Portador de Tradiciones 1802, from Artemisa. In the category of Sociocultural Project, the Cabildo Quisicuaba was recognized, which has contributed to the development of the municipality of Centro Habana since 1992, led by Dr. Enrique Alemán Gutiérrez.
At the ceremony, held at the Joseíto Fernández House of Culture of Centro Habana, with the leading role of the children’s group Timba Alante, children from the Cascabelito community project and the Adde Olorum group, the recent anniversary of the System of Houses of Culture was remembered.
Yesterday we attended the delivery of the National Award for Community Culture, which was given to the poet Luis Cordero, the Grupo Portador de Tradiciones 1802 and the Proyecto @QuisicuabaC, who have dedicated their entire lives to that small homeland that is the community. Congratulations to all. pic.twitter.com/rMkyNzheVJ
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) February 1, 2023
This award, which is given every two years, is a tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to community cultural work, contributing to improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of the areas where they carry out their artistic work.
The president of the jury, Agustín Villafaña, a plastic artist, described this award as the most meaningful that an artist can receive, since it is proof that his work has an impact on the people, and that is the best reward.
The event was accompanied by Inés María Chapman, Deputy Prime Minister; Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, first secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in Havana; the Vice Ministers of Culture Fernando Rojas and Kenelma Carvajal; the president of Uneac, Luis Morlote, and Diango González Guerra, president of the National Council of Houses of Culture.
