Since 2009, the Cervantes Institute has been promoting the celebration throughout the Spanish speaking a language festival held on the Saturday closest to the summer solstice.
As a center accredited by the Cervantes Institute, the Foundation of Cartagena for the Teaching of Spanish Language and Culture (FUNCARELE) place on Friday, June 22, an open house and raffle books at its headquarters on Palace Molina.
Thus, throughout the day will open the doors to all those wishing to visit their facilities will reflect the favorite words of all participants and there will be a lot of books and quotes.
Sources of the foundation, which involved the City of Cartagena, have expressed their desire to celebrate the greatness of our common language and culture.
We want this festival is that of all who speak Spanish, so that each year we have a day when we feel united by a common language and share the wealth of the rich culture in our language, have pointed to the same sources.
500 million people speak Spanish, which is now the second language in the world in terms of number of native speakers, the second language of international communication and the third most used language on the Internet.
Is the official language of 21 countries in 2030 is projected that 7.5% of the world population will be speaking.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena