Choral Ensemble Vocal Luna pays tribute to Nelson Mandela in South Africa (+ Photos)

Pretoria, July 17 (Prensa Latina) The award-winning Cuban group Ensemble Vocal Luna today participated in a traditional Cuban and South African music program on the local TV channel SABC, as part of the centenary tributes from Nelson Mandela.

In their presentation at the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in Johannesburg, Cuban women played traditional music and at the end of the program shared the stage with the television choir, with two pieces of each country.

Vocal Luna, who last week won two gold medals at the Coral Olympics in that capital, began his performances Sunday in honor of Mandela's 100th birthday with a concert at the Cathedral St George in Ciudad du Cap, seat of the Anglican Archbishopric of this metropolis.
Spectacular describes the choir director, Wilmia Verrier, performing in this iconic building designed by Sir Herbert Baker and whose first stone was placed in 1901, in the same place where there was a church dating from 1834. [19459009VerriersaidInCapeTowntheyorganizedatourorganizedbytheirhoststhatincludedmuseumstheparliamentheadquartersandpoorlocalitiesofthiscityinwhichonetheysharedwithacommunitychoir

There, he added, they sang together of Guantanamera and Pata Pata, who immortalized the missing Miriam Makeba

As expected, the Vocal Luna Ensemble will perform tomorrow at a ceremony organized by the 39, Embbady of Cuba in honor of the centenary of Mandela at the Freedom Park in Pretoria and Thursday will visit the province of Limpopo for an exchange and presentation in the city of Polokwane, its capital.

The Cuban group won gold medals in the musical categories An emporium and a choir at the Olympic Games Choir closed Saturday in this capital and for the first time was held in an African country.

It was the tenth edition of this event, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the German company Interkultur, which organizes them

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