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The Carthagonova Polyphonic Choir, directed by Pedro Andrés García, will offer this Saturday, October 12, Hispanic Day, to the public of Cartagena, part of its repertoire of habaneras and songs from the sea, which reached our lands through the commercial routes Oceanic that were established with the American continent. And nothing better than doing it in a unique framework such as the National Museum of Underwater Archeology ARQVA, a Museum that precisely dedicates one of its sections to the dissemination of trade routes and treasures that those sailors brought and carried across the ocean.

The sixth edition of the concert that will take place at 12 noon, in the Permanent Exhibition Hall of the ARQVA, will focus on the songs that emerged during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a time of commercial exchange between Spain and America, especially with the Caribbean .

Towards Cuba, ships departed from the Spanish coast loaded with all kinds of products, especially salt from the Levantine era;

and on their return they brought sugar, tobacco and other products.

But ... how could I miss the music!

The Spanish merchant sailors brought some Cuban sounds to our country and that during the long voyages they merged with those of our folklore, finally deriving in Havana.

Likewise, they were also brought by the thousands of soldiers, sailors and civil guards from all the provinces of Spain that were destined on the Navy ships, at the station of Havana and Santiago, in the garrison regiments on the island, and in the expeditionary regiments of infantry, cavalry and artillery.

All an exchange of music, traditions and customs that we still remember today and that we will remember this Saturday on Hispanic Day with free access to the concert until full capacity is reached.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena