With the participation of Minister of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge, Juan David Correa, the second edition of the Valledupar Book Fair, Felva 2024, was inauguratedachieving massive participation in the 9 events that took place in different settings of the Historic Center, on Thursday, June 6.
The agenda continues this Friday, June 7. The first event that will take place will be the conversation ‘That corral of stones: a journey to the ancestors of the region’. From the hand of the writer Jorge González Cuello, author of the book ‘Aquel Corral de Piedras. Genealogies: from America to Europe’, the fascinating world of ancestors, ancestry stories and lineages from several families in the region will be addressed. The event will take place at 8:15 am at the University of Santander, UDES.
At 10 am, in the Leandro Díaz auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, the discussion ‘The people of Aritama: a little-known history of the town of Atánquez’ will be held. Adriana Pumarejo Hinojosa, kankuama, who studied anthropology at the National University of Colombia, has a master’s degree in social anthropology from the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences in Paris and a doctoral candidate at the National University, will answer several questions in relation to the book. The people of Aritama. The cultural personality of a mestizo village in Colombia’.
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In addition, on the second day of the Valledupar Book Fair, composers of Vallenata music will also speak with him. composer, lawyer and president of SAYCO, Rafael Manjarrezin the conversation ‘For music there are no borders, but there are rights’, at 10:30 am at the House of Culture.
At that same time, but In the auditorium of the Bank of the Republic, in Valledupar, the discussion ‘Different books, different voices: a sample of the integration of knowledge from the region’ will take place. Professors from the National University of Colombia, La Paz, will talk about their books, all inscribed in different areas of knowledge. The guests are: Camilo Vargas (Poetics that germinate between the voice and the letter), José Alejandro López (Luminous penumbra: exploration of matter and its time from the between), Juan Camilo Lee, (Something should be said about the words and Country in a straight line), Jorge Mario Aponte (The era of empire and the frontiers of civilization in South America) and Juan Carlos Vega (Main parasitic helminths of man and other animals).
At 10:30 AM, the writer and philosopher Fernando Galindo will participate in the conference ‘Tales of universal literature’, at the Gimnasio del Norte School. It will be an event for all audiences.
At 12 noon, at the House of Culture, the writers Paul Brito, novelist and short story writer, professor at the Central University in Bogotá; Joseph Avski, novelist and short story writer, professor at the University of Missouri (USA), and Melissa Lambraño Jaimes, short story writer and poet, literature teacher at the Gimnasio del Norte school in Valledupar, will participate in the discussion ‘The truth of lies’ with the lawyer and writer Carlos César Silva.
At 2:45 pm, in the House of Culture, the former governor of Antioquia and former presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo and Juan Carlos Mantilla, author of the book ‘The lottery of life’, pThey will participate in the discussion ‘Colombia and the world today from ethics and education’.
Next, at 4:30 p.m.the workshop will be developed research methodology called ‘Upar Valley: historical ties of family power and livestock economy at the end of Spanish rule.
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At 6 pmin the House of Culture the philosopher and writer Fernando Galindo will talk about some of the most memorable moments in the work of the Portuguese writer José Saramago.
At 7 pm, in the event room of the Valledupar Chamber of Commerce, will be discussed in the presentation of the books ‘Patrimonial responsibility of the State for failures in the service of the Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of the public records function; Sustainability and governance of the Chambers of Commerce, and ‘In the historical, social, cultural and environmental footprints of Cesar’. José Luis Urón Márquez, Executive President of the Valledupar Chamber of Commerce for the Cesar River Valley, will participate; Luis Javier Moreno Ortiz, magistrate of the Constitutional Court; Simón Martínez Ubárnez, historian and cultural researcher, and Catalina Cabrales, director of Civic Oversight of the Chamber of Commerce.
The second day of Felva 2024 will end with the conference ‘Israel, Gaza, Palestine and Hamas: An endless labyrinth’. The international analyst of Noticias Caracol, María Teresa Aya, will recount the violence in the Middle East to understand what is happening in that part of the world. The event will take place at 7:15 pm at the Valledupar House of Culture.
BY: CARMEN LUCÍA MENDOZA CUELLO/ EL PILÓN.
