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In the wake of the cultural events that take place in our city, Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) has decided to organize its own festival Much More May, which will stage the cultural and artistic practices in which young people in the Colombian city come imagining and building a diverse and inclusive city.

This first version is performed as part of activities marking the bicentenary of the Independence of the city, and is organized by the Mayor of Cartagena de Indias, through the Institute of Cultural Heritage and Cartagena - IPCC.

The visit, in 2009, a delegation of the City of Cartagena on the Colombian city which is twinned with, as he was preparing the festival La Mar de Músicas, prompted the interest of local authorities by our much more in May, resulting in to organize their own festival, which has kept the name in Spanish, to be held in its first edition between 16 and 22 of this month.

Facilities, interventions, concerts, workshops and conferences, among other planned activities, the Festival also seeks to promote the access of young people from all social sectors of Cartagena to the rights to culture and art, and boost your impact on the construction of one city.

The first version of Mucho Mas Mayo Colombia presents artistic projects that revolve around themes like the city from its diversity and multiple identities, young and full citizenship builders or the taking of public space as a tool of conquest of rights.

Submissions includes, inter alia, artistic and cultural interventions, music and dance, performing arts, performance and installations, creative workshops, readings and literary presentations, audio-visual projection works and a series of creative workshops and conferences related to activities art in the city and its role in contemporary youth culture.

Responsible for the Spanish festival rely on finding ways to formalize collaboration between arts festivals.

More information:

http://karamairi.blogspot.com/2011/05/mucho-mas-mayo.html

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena