Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, collected on Wednesday 26 August 2009 Dialogue of Cultures Award granted by the City Council Montánchez, Cáceres, and this year has gone to the Festival La Mar de Músicas, for its outreach to all world cultures through music and other artistic and cultural activities.
Dialogue of Cultures Prizes are awarded to individuals and institutions that stand out and promote closer dialogue and understanding of other ways of understanding culture.
The awards are given in the so Montánchez Encounters', which have precisely this profile to present the dialogue of cultures, with special attention to the Arab and Jewish, through lectures, debates, exhibitions and performances.
This is the fourth year that celebrates the 'Walking Montánchez', standing out among the winners in previous editions Federico Mayor Zaragoza, José Monleón, Nuria Espert or Menuhin Foundation.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena