CULTURETraditional meeting between the three towns practising La Tumba Francesa
The re-enactment of the meeting between the three towns practising La Tumba Francesa (Bejuco, Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba) takes place on the coffee plantations of La Isabelica, a Cuban site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This traditional meeting is based on documentary records, oral sources/traditions and interviews with the communities’ elders.
La Tumba Francesa, which has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was performed by the descendants of slaves, who came to work in Cuba on the French coffee plantations in the wake of the Haitian Revolution.
Photo caption: This postal stamp, devoted to La Tumba Francesa, Cuba’s first Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was issued for the 60th anniversary of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, 17 November 1947.
| Title | Traditional meeting between the three towns practising La Tumba Francesa |
| Short Description |
The re-enactment of the meeting between the three towns practising La Tumba Francesa (Bejuco, Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba) takes place on the coffee plantations of La Isabelica, a Cuban site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This traditional meeting is based on documentary records, oral sources/traditions and interviews with the communities’ elders. La Tumba Francesa, which has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was performed by the descendants of slaves, who came to work in Cuba on the French coffee plantations in the wake of the Haitian Revolution. Photo caption: This postal stamp, devoted to La Tumba Francesa, Cuba’s first Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was issued for the 60th anniversary of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, 17 November 1947. |
| Source | Montserrat Martell, UNESCO Office in Havana |
| Publication start date | 2007-12-11 3:00 pm |
| Publication expiry date | 2007-12-11 3:00 pm |
| Author(s) of the present sheet | LS_NB |
| Event Location | Coffee plantations of La Isabelica |
| City | Santiago de Cuba |
| Country | Cuba |
| Start date - Local time | 2007-12-11 3:00 pm |
| End date - Local time | 2007-12-11 3:00 pm |
| Type of event (generic) | meeting |
| Display related links & contacts in right column | No |
| Name of Contact 1 | Montserrat Martell, UNESCO Office in Havana |
| E-mail address | m.martell@unesco.org |
| URL for Link 1 | http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&cp=CU |
| Text for Link 1 | La Tumba Francesa |
| Destination of Link 1 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| URL for Link 2 | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1008 |
| Text for Link 2 | Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba |
| Destination of Link 2 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| Destination of Link 3 (field not displayed) | UNESCO.ORG |
| Image 1 | photo_tumba_200.jpg |
| Copyright image 1 | © Unesco |
| Thumbnail image 1 | tumba_71.gif |
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