Cuba hosts International Conference Crisol de la Nacionalidad Cubana

BAYAMO, Cuba, Oct 17 (ACN) The 31st theoretical conference Crisol de la Nacionalidad Cubana (The melting pot of Cuban nationality) began in this city with the lecture “José Martí and the challenges of independence in the late 19th century” by ScD Yoel Cordoví, president of the Institute of Cuban History.

Crisol… brings together scholars and researchers from Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Cuba and is the direct antecedent and main academic event of Fiesta de la Cubanía (Cubanhood Fiesta), which every year celebrates the rich history and autochthonous traditions of Cuba and is dedicated this year to the 155th anniversary of the beginning of Cuba’s struggle for independence struggle and the first public performance of La Bayamesa, the march-turned-national anthem.

Featured in a program that also pays tribute to the 170th anniversary of the birth of Cuba’s National Hero José Martí are theater presentations, screenings, visual arts exhibitions, music, handicrafts, humor, and community activities.