Cubanital - Afro Cuban Event
Bari, Italy
A study event in Bari built around Afro-Cuban culture, with a rumba competition and live music.
Cubanital describes itself as a study event rather than a festival, and the programme supports the distinction: intensive workshops on Afro-Cuban culture, live music, social nights, and a rumba competition.
A rumba competition is rare outside Cuba, and it changes who comes. Festivals that hold one draw dancers who train rumba seriously rather than treating it as an hour on the Sunday afternoon.
Held in Bari, on the Adriatic coast of Puglia, in mid-January.
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A specialized study event in Bari dedicated to Afro-Cuban culture, including rumba competitions and live maritime music.
The description above is ours, written from this and from the festival’s own material. This is the organiser’s wording, unedited.