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The re-enactment of the meeting between the three towns practising
La Tumba Francesa (Bejuco, Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba) takes
place on the coffee plantations of La Isabelica, a Cuban site inscribed
on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This traditional meeting is based
on documentary records, oral sources/traditions and interviews with
the communities’ elders.
La Tumba Francesa, which has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the
Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was performed by the descendants
of slaves, who came to work in Cuba on the French coffee plantations
in the wake of the Haitian Revolution.
Photo caption: This postal stamp, devoted to La Tumba
Francesa, Cuba’s first Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible
Heritage of Humanity, was issued for the 60th anniversary of the
Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, 17 November 1947.
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