{"id":2164,"date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2008-05-01T03:35:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T23:35:10","slug":"noti915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti915\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalunga Eh! Los Congos of Villa Mella Presented at Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"



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Kalunga Eh! Los Congos of Villa Mella Presented at Book Fair <\/STRONG>
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C<\/SPAN>arlos Hern\u00e1ndez Soto\u2019s book \u201cKalunga Eh! The Congos of Villa Mella\u201d was featured in the Craft area of 11th International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2008. <\/P>
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…the author, pointed out that his book is the result of an arduous investigation of the themes referred to by Mart\u00ednez including anthropological, socio-cultural and religious topics. <\/P>
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Mar\u00eda Isabel Mart\u00ednez, coordinator of the crafts area of the Book Fair, presented Soto\u2019s scientific research book, calling it an extraordinary look at the development of Dominican cultural heritage.
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Mart\u00ednez noted that the themes dealt with in the book such as the Cofradia (brotherhood) and the Congos of Villa Mella represent the religious syncretism of the country as well as the African elements that form part of the cultural heritage of the Dominican Republic.
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Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez Soto, the author, pointed out that his book is the result of an arduous investigation of the themes referred to by Mart\u00ednez including anthropological, socio-cultural and religious topics.
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Soto stressed that he intended for his book to have an educational and scientific influence on young people and adults while also promoting an interest in acquiring and preserving these aspects of the country\u2019s cultural traditions.
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Book Cover of \u201cKalunga eh! The Congos of Villa Mella\u201d
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Mar\u00eda Isabel Mart\u00ednez presenting the book accompanied by the author, Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez Soto
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Date of Publication: May 1, 2008 <\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kalunga Eh! Los Congos of Villa Mella Presented at Book Fair Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez Soto\u2019s book \u201cKalunga Eh! The Congos of Villa Mella\u201d was featured in the Craft area of 11th International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2008. …the author, pointed out that his book is the result of an arduous investigation of the themes referred … Continue reading “Kalunga Eh! Los Congos of Villa Mella Presented at Book Fair”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}