The Trinidad of Cuba declared World Craft City

Roberto Ponce, director of the Cuban Fund for Cultural Heritage (FCBC) in Sancti Spíritus, told the press that He has visited places of high historical and socio-cultural value, such as the Manaca Iznaga Farm, in the Valley of Sugar Mills, where one of the most productive sugar mills was built. He added that Trinitarian creations have crossed the city's borders and projects such as those promoted by the famous Santander family or Yudit Vidal Faife's workshop, legitimize the mud, paint and weave, said

Cristina González, visual arts specialist of the Cuban Association of Craftsmen and Artists and who prepared the dossier for the nomination, explained that since 2015, it was approved the candidacy presented by the Caribbean nation

of the tour that led the World Council of Handicrafts in Trinidad, Uruguayan Alberto de Betolaza, President for Latin America of this organization, congratulated the old craft confectionery

These Expressions are the livelihoods of several generations of Trinitarians, who, for the most part, have been nourished by the knowledge of groups formed to teach traditions,

. FCBC, Mercy Correa, stressed at a press conference that experts would badess the role of the city of Trinidad in the rescue and preservation "The nomination of the city of Sancti Spiritus, a World Heritage Site of the 39, Unesco, is due to the work of conservation of craft events that involve several generations and are part of everyday life, "he said.

Trinidad is considered, furthermore, as one of the most important tourist destinations of the Greater Antilles.

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