Nury Ruiz Bárcenas - Journalist and cultural Agent - From Barranquilla, Colombia
On Tuesday April 15 the Class Carnival of Barranquilla conformed a commission that visited the office of the Directress of the Institute Distrital of Culture and Tourism, Diana Acosta, to outline him alternative that will serve to guide the Class toward the interior of the schools distritales.
It is sought to conserve the roots of the Carnival of Barranquilla, for that which will begin in a collective way this public politics's construction with an eye toward conserving the true roots of our parties folclóricas, cultural patrimony of the city and the whole coast Caribbean.
The visitors were: Nury Ruiz Bárcenas and Fabio Ortiz Ribón, cultural journalists; Nohemí Zabaleta Martínez, directress of the School Camilo Torres Tenorio; Mary Alsina Farmer, poet and coordinator of the same school; Crowned Astrid, Supervisora of Education of the District; Julio Adam Hernández, managing founder of the Carnival of the Children; Álvaro Bustillos, professor of dances of the School Marco Fidel Suárez; Hugo Morales, representative of the student Art. And, of course, the cultural agent Caesar Martínez Lara, creator of the Class.
On the part of the Institute Distrital of Culture and Tourism were present: Lola Salcedo, journalist and writer; Harold Archers, Director of the EDA; Maribel Padilla, would work of the coordinating IDCT of the carnival area; William Guerrero, and Cristian Pacheco. The directress showed good welcome toward these restlessness that you/they will help to the construction of political public in benefit of the new generations.
It was a long reflection table in which was not only on cloths a great tray of appetizers, but the deep reality, the imperious necessity to transform the student's environment from their first lights of the knowledge around the true essence of the carnival; that is to say, the conservation of their roots and the immense yearning that the carnival never dies, but rather it transcends of generation in generation.
It proves of it, the makers of the dances that have felt per years and lived their allegories, their congo decorations, their dresses, their music, taking them next to their heart sweated by the long road that you/they only traffic those of fertile spirits of love and of loyal defense for their roots and the earth that he saw them be born.
Colombia, books and reading
For the first time and in a simultaneous way, Colombia celebrated April 23 the Day of the Book. Fifteen cities of the country united to this date with street fairs of the book, reading activities for children, youths and adults, recitals, hours of the story and a sinnúmero of events that they invited the Colombians to enjoy the reading and to motivate the habit of being given books. In Bogotá, the celebration was preceded by the 1er “Awake Bogotá” (19 at April 20) of the year. The day 23 framed the closing of the event the appointment of the city like “World Capital of the Book”. The empresariado also united to this campaign giving more than 40.000 books.
Colombia needs to read
More than 40.000 books he gave the private company and entities from the private sector to different publics, especially to children, with occasion of the Day of the Book. The companies Argus, Colsubsidio, Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, Promigás, Energy of Bogotá and Cerrejón were some of the corporations that have confirmed the importance that each individual has a free book as motivation platform to the reading.
In Barranquilla the situation was a little similar. Colombia needs to read, that is true. But to know how to read. From this space I make a call to the writers from Barranquilla, of Colombia and of other countries that read this space, so that they make me their works that will be pointed out so much at local and regional level, to arrive like in this place web Cultural Parnassus with pictures for 34 countries. The address where they can send by mail physical the books are Street 75 No.48-50, office 31 that I will make them the cultural and literary review of the case with pleasure. My interest, as cultural journalist, is to expand the relationship of the writers, of the artists from its different environments. To the culture it is necessary to strengthen it because it is what unites to the towns and their people.
School of Journalists from Barranquilla
The School of Journalists from Barranquilla took place in April in the Social Center The Spaniard its annual Assembly where the process of election of new Directive Meeting was given. As president for this period expert journalists were chosen to direct this collegian's destinations, this way:
Ricardo Díaz of the Rosa, President;
Fabio Monroy Martínez, vice-president;
Marco Tulio Mattos, General Secretary;
Ahmed Aguirre, Treasurer;
Carlos Londoño, Secretary of Organization;
Rocío Silva, Secretary of Communications;
Hermes Padilla, Secretary of Housing;
Manuel Ramírez Santana, Secretary of Social security.
To all them, deserved congratulations, especially to who know behind of time, Fabio, Ahmed and Hermes, responsible professionals, worthy people that possess the gift of being reliable in their administrations.
Prizes “Simón Bolívar”
Soon after the new version 33 of the National Prize of Journalism “Simón Bolívar”, I received from Mrs. Ivonne Nicholls Boss of Public Relationships of this event, a luxurious book where the prizes of the year 2007 and their winners were pointed out in their version 32. With this I want to remind the interested journalists that are open the inscriptions for this competition that he will close the next one May 22 2008. Inform: www.segurosbolivar.com y premio.simon.bolivar@segurosbolivar.com
First it was the river, then the sea, later the wings
The Bank of the Republic presented last Wednesday April 16 at 5.30 in the afternoon in the Theater Amira of the Rosa the titled conference “vital Parable: First it was the river, then the sea, later the wings”, in charge of the historian Alfredo de la Espriella, Director of the Romantic Museum.
This conference was programmed as complementary activity of the itinerant exhibition that has come presenting the Bank of the Republic, denominated “The ports of Colombia” that it is exhibited at the moment in the foyer of the Theater and he/she will be able to visit one another until final of the month of April.
Encounter intercolegial of Litanies
With reason of the IV I Find Intercolegial of Litanies (The Party of the Word) in homage to Gabriel García Márquez that on Tuesday was made April 22 in the theater Amira of The Rosa starting from 9:00 o'clock a.m., Manuel of Arch Figueroa y Guido Teheran, carrying out conversatorios and shops for the elaboration of Tenth and Litanies for educational were previously and students of schools like the Santa Magdalena Sofía y the CEB 215 of Juan Mine, under Caesar's Coordination Martínez.
Also, on Thursday 24 in the Club The Cave starting from 6:00 p.m o'clock. it was carried out the presentation of Gabi's books and their Rezanderos, the book sobre la Cumbia, of Ubaldo Mendoza; and My Life is a Carnival, of Fabio Ortiz.
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