Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine January 2019 | Page 204
Events
CUBA
POPULATION
JANUARY 13 - 21
Cuba Jazz Festival
SIZE
11.27 million (2013) 109,884 sq. kilometers
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CAPITAL CITY
Spanish
CURRENCY
Cuban Peso
(1 US dollar equals 26.5 Cuban Pesos )
Many locations throughout the city of
Havana will be resounding to the sweet
sounds of Jazz from various world-renowned
artists.
Havana FEBRUARY 7 - 17
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE Buy or browse. Attend book launches,
readings and concerts. Different genres will
be presented - poetry, politics, children’s
literature, cookbooks and more. After
February 17th, the book fair will proceed to
the other provinces, ending at Santiago de
Cuba.
270 C / 810 F
28th Havana Book Fair
MID-MARCH
International Festival of “La Trova”
Pepe Sánchez
Santiago de Cuba is the venue of this festival
held in honour of one of Cuba’s most
well-known troubadours, Pepe Sanchez.
This festival consists of a parade, a series
of musical entertainment in the squares,
concerts, screening of documentaries and
more. Cuban cultural appreciation is always
evident as homage is paid to the best of
Cuban trova.