{"id":7120,"date":"2014-11-04T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2014-11-04T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T10:00:58","slug":"noti56031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti56031\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture concludes the 10th Regional Book Fair Peravia 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"



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Culture concludes the 10th Regional Book Fair Peravia 2014<\/SPAN><\/STRONG>
Ban\u00ed, Peravia Province, November 4, 2014 <\/P>
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W<\/SPAN>ith the attendance of some 160,000 people, the release of more than 20 new literary works and the donation of a million pesos in vouchers, concluded the 10th Regional Book Fair Peravia 2014, and the Hermanas Mirabal Province was announced as the host of the 11th Regional Book Fair 2015.<\/P>
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The ceremony was chaired by Carlos Santos, Deputy Minister of Institutional Development; Editrudis Pichardo (Edil\u00ed), Deputy Minister of Cultural Identity and Citizenship; Valent\u00edn Amaro, Director General of Books and Reading; Pedro Antonio Valdez, Executive Director of the Book Fair; Wilton Guerrero, Provincial Senator; and Municipal Trustee Nelson Camilo Landestoy, among other authorities. Amaro announced that, according to conservative technical evaluations, some 160,000 people from the Southern region, the capital and from across the country, gathered at the cultural event, which was organized under the leadership of the Ministry of Culture.<\/P>
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In this regard, he pointed out that during these past ten days, the Southern region became a faithful witness to an unprecedented series of events, given the massive attendance of cultural, educational and artistic groups, as well as of poets and writers with innovative proposals.<\/P>
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He expressed his satisfaction because the event, not only met the goals and expectations that had been created, but even exceeded them due to the large participation of the people in each of the activities prepared by the organizing team.<\/P>
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He also echoed the comments made by many Ban\u00ed citizens who said that during the days of the fair even the criminal activities that sometimes occur among the population decreased.<\/P>
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Pedro Valdez was in charge of naming the provincial directors of the Southern region who played a more prominent role during the preparation of the event; they received a tablet. These were the provincial directors of Pedernales, Azua and San Cristobal.<\/P>
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Then, Mr. Jos\u00e9 An\u00edbal Garc\u00eda, from the National Development Council of the Hermanas Mirabal Province, together with a large delegation, received the invitation to organize the event.<\/P>
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Edil\u00ed also spoke at the ceremony. She described the fair as a model that began on October 24th and concluded today, November 2nd, saying that “it will be remembered for the quality and diversity of the events that took place there.” She added that the fair adheres to the objective of President Danilo Medina of creating a nation of readers, and follows the work undertaken by Minister Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez in this regard.<\/P>
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The slogan of this tenth edition, which took place from October 25th to November 2nd in the Marcos A. Cabral Park, was “Reading begins at home” and it was organized as a tribute to prominent journalist from Ban\u00ed Rafael Herrera Cabral.<\/P>
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During the ten days of the fair, leading figures in this region put on display the best of the Southern literature and received the support of all the attendees.<\/P>
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During this tenth edition of the fair, thousands of children and members of the various literary workshops throughout the region were able to purchase works by national and international authors thanks to a donation of nearly a million pesos in vouchers from the Directorate General of the Book Fair, a Department of the Ministry of Culture.<\/P>
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Furthermore, Ban\u00ed citizens had the opportunity to attend one of the most memorable concerts of our times, which took place in the Luis Mar\u00eda Herrera stadium located in this Southern city, in which Cuban singer Silvio Rodr\u00edguez and the lovely voice of Dominican Maridalia Hern\u00e1ndez participated. <\/P>
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During this edition of the fair there was a broad and varied program that included poetry recitals, lectures and conferences, reading workshops, the release of new literary works, handicraft exhibits, and other cultural attractions. <\/P>
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The provinces that participated with their respective pavilions were: Peravia; the Enriquillo region, which included Bahoruco, Independencia, Barahona and Pedernales; and the south central pavilion which housed Valdesia, El Valle, Azua, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, San Crist\u00f3bal, El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a and San Juan.<\/P>
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The official sponsors of the Regional Book Fair were: Banco de Reservas, the Directorate General of the Internal Revenue, Caf\u00e9 Santo Domingo, Orange Dominicana and Caf\u00e9 Indub\u00e1n.<\/P>\"Culture \"Culture \"Culture \"Culture \"Culture \"Culture <\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>
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