SPAIN TO HOLD CULTURAL WEEK IN ABUJA

The Ambassador of Spain to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Alvaro Castillo Aguilar, on Friday, said the 8th Spanish Cultural Week will hold from October 7 to 11 in Abuja.
The ambassador made the statement during a press conference held in preparation for the occasion in Abuja.

Alvaro Castillo Aguilar

He noted that the embassy has made effort to keep alive the activity of the country’s cultural agenda, not only to allow Spanish nationals bring “the Nigerian public and those of other nationalities close to their culture, but to also serve as a medium of integrating two cultures so close and, at the same time, so far away from each other, as are those of Spain and Nigeria.”
“In order not to lose the nature of the event, we shall get involved one more time this year with different activities that will evolve around a common theme, which is the figure and work of Federico Garcia Lorca and his generation,” he said. “The Anabel Veloso Dance Troupe will render homage to the poet and his contemporaries through their recently premiered show, ‘The Generation of the 80s: offspring of the 27s’ and will fill the hall with verses of Lorca, brushstrokes of Dali and, of course, with the rhythm of Flamenco.
“The poetic work of our homage will also be the inspiration of the young Nigerian artistic talents, who will cast the verses of the author into their colour palettes and workshops, giving forms and colour to the verses of Lorca,” he said.
Aguilar added that besides the Flamenco Show, the Gastronomy Week and the Art Competition, this year will also witness excellent performances of the Jos Repertory Theatre, rendering Spanish works in English Language.
“On this occasion, Federico Garcia Lorca’s play, ‘La zapatera prodigiosa’ (The Shoemaker’s Wonderful Wife), will be performed,” he said.