Negros de San Jerónimo were certified as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation

Published at: 24/11/2024 10:29 AM

The Ministry of Popular Power for Culture, through the Institute of Cultural Heritage, awarded the certificate as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation to the Dancing Blacks of San Jerónimo, from the Cardenal Quintero municipality in the state of Mérida.

In the context of the seventh episode of the Viva Venezuela World Festival, My Beloved Homeland, in the Andean municipality, a video was screened sent by the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, at the time of the signing of the certificate stating that the event is registered in the Venezuelan Cultural Heritage register and is protected by the laws that regulate the matter.

“I am honored to sign this document and I tell you, long live Los Negros Danzantes de San Jerónimo, long live Venezuela, my dear Mérida,” Villegas said in the audiovisual, quoted in a press release from the Culture portfolio.

In this regard, the Deputy Minister of Image and Space Arts, Mary Pemjean, expressed her emotion for the recognition and stressed that it is a demonstration that has succeeded in transmitting knowledge from generation to generation for more than 400 years.

Meanwhile, the mayor of the Cardenal Quintero municipality, Yonfer Uzcátegui, stressed that the town receives this recognition with great joy, because the region's cultivators are visible.

Mazo News Team