{"id":2369,"date":"2008-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2008-07-26T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T03:56:03","slug":"noti1020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti1020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"



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T<\/SPAN>he simulcast show of the closing of the 41st Merengue Festival in Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico will undoubtedly result in a huge boost in international interest in this musical style as well as in Dominican tourism.  <\/P>
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\u201cI think it is a good idea and very important to try to stimulate not just Puerto Ricans to come to the festival…”<\/P>
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This analysis was agreed  upon by experts Rafael Solano and Freddy Ginebra, honorary president of the Tourism Cluster of  Santo Domingo who shared their views on an academic panel. \u201cThe Merengue is the most genuine expression of being Dominican.\u201d The panel was held on Thursday at the Apec University (UNAPEC) as part of the 41st Merengue Festival.   

The event, organized by the UNAPEC Tourism School under the leadership of Luis Felipe Aquino, included Rafael Solano, historian Catana P\u00e9rez de Cuello, Executive Director or the Museum of Dominican Music and the well-known composer\/communicator and researcher Huchi Lora.

\u201cI think it is a good idea and very important to try to stimulate not just Puerto Ricans to come to the festival but also to actually hold the festival in Puerto Rico so that the music can become more international,\u201d said Solano. 

He added that the festival is a tradition that \u201cshould be maintained because it supports the music which is an expression of nationality and the very projection of Dominican culture to the world.\u201d 

Freddy Ginebra said he considered the music sharing to be a \u201chuge step\u201d towards the involvement, on the part to the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR) and the Brugal Company, of Puerto Rico in this year\u2019s festival as it will be simultaneously celebrated on Sunday night. 

He stressed that this is the first time the Tourism Cluster of Santo Domingo is getting involved in this traditional event. \u201cWith our support, the hope is that this festival is more and more successful each day and that it translates into a special tourist attraction for our country.  In the sense that all sectors of the country participate in the event, we will have the best ever Merengue Festival,\u201d said Ginebra, founder of Casa de Teatro (Theater House).
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“..the festival is a tradition that \u201cshould be maintained because it supports the music which is an expression of nationality and the very projection of Dominican culture to the world.\u201d <\/P>
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Also speaking at the UNAPEC academic forum were such personalities as Iris P\u00e9rez, under-secretary of Training at SECTUR, who speaking for the Tourism Ministry under F\u00e9lix Jim\u00e9nez, discussed the cultural importance of Merengue. <\/P>
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In addition, panel participants included Tati Olmos, Director of  Cultural Tourism for SECTUR; C\u00e9sar Feris Iglesias, President of the UNAPEC Cultural Program and the Vice-Rector of UNAPEC, Carlos Sangiovanni.


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Academics, students and experts linked to the history of our music include such personalities as \u201cthe big horse\u201d Johny Ventura who Solano identified as \u201cthe man who popularized Merengue.\u201d He referred to Ventura\u2019s combo \u201cas the decisive contribution that kept Merengue relevant and current,\u201d after the Trujillo dictatorship.   

“The Merengue is the most important part of Dominican cultural heritage,” said Huchi Lora to effusive applause in the auditorium where the forum was held.

They both agreed with Catana P\u00e9rez that certain musicians have promoted the development of Merengue in its important moment and these include
To\u00f1o Abreu, Luis Alberti, Julio Alberto Hern\u00e1ndez, Pancho Garc\u00eda, Luis Kalaf and especially \u00d1ico Lora, the rural musician who made popular the most universal Dominican rhythms with his \u201cdressed in silk\u201d agreements with singer Juan Luis Guerra, said the author of “Por amor”.

The event opened with a showy performance by the Dominican Folklore Ballet and SECTUR\u2019s Conjunto T\u00edpico which also performed at the event\u2019s closing ceremony.
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Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico The simulcast show of the closing of the 41st Merengue Festival in Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico will undoubtedly result in a huge boost in international interest in this musical style as well as in Dominican tourism.  \u201cI think it is a good idea … Continue reading “Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico”<\/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-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369"}],"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=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}