[NYTr] Cuban Official Stresses Importance of Research on Popular Culture
 
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:19:38 -0500 (CDT)

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Cuban Official Stresses Importance of Research on Popular Culture

Havana, July 5 (acn) Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto on Wednesday 
stressed the need to promote researches on popular culture in order to 
face the hegemonic models that the world centers of power are trying to 
impose on the peoples.

"We have to analyze and discuss more about every detail of our identity 
to safeguard our most autochthonous traditions and even to defend the 
survival of the just society we are building," said Prieto during a 
meeting held in eastern Santiago de Cuba in the framework of the 
Caribbean Festival that is underway in that city.

The minister noted that not only the popular culture of the peoples of 
our geographical area but also that of the United States is threatened 
by neo-liberal globalization and mercantilism.

"The roots of American culture are also suffering with the models 
imposed by the big industries, particularly the filmmaking industry. 
That is why we are allies in this battle to preserve our traditions," 
he added.

The meeting coincided with the 231st anniversary of the US's 
Independence Day, which led to discussions on the cultural identity of 
the North American nation.

Participants also urged Latin American peoples to join efforts in order 
to guarantee that the future generations in the region know more about 
the traditions of their own countries.

They also recalled the words of late researcher and founder of the 
Caribbean Festivals, writer and essayist Joel James, who urged the 
peoples to defend their identity and culture as a path towards 
emancipation.

One of the accords of the meeting was that the 2009 edition of the 
Caribbean Festival will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the 
triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
       
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