[NYTr] Flood Evacuees Enjoy Cuban Artists' Performances

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Flood Evacuees Enjoy Cuban Artists' Performances

Havana, Nov 9 (acn) A program of cultural and recreational activities 
is being carried out for people who were evacuated from their homes in 
the Cuban eastern provinces due to the huge floods caused by tropical
storm Noel.

The initiative goes back to 2005, when several Cuban coastal 
communities were hard hit by Hurricane Dennis and brigades of cultural 
workers used the arts as a way to deal with the difficult times, 
reports Granma newspaper.

Today, while material and human resources are readied for the recovery 
of the communities still flooded, a mobile video unit of the provincial 
cinema center, musical groups, professional artists and art students 
are taking diverse cultural programs to the affected areas.

The experience is in response to a call from the local Institute of 
Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, the Union of Artists and 
Writers of Cuba, the Hermanos Saiz Association, other cultural 
institutions and the Young Communist League.

In Bayamo, evacuees from the Cauto River municipality welcomed a bus 
bringing the Andante Theater Group. The troupe is known nationally for 
its performances in remote and mountainous communities as well as in 
urban centers of the eastern province of Granma.

When the time comes for the children and adults to return home from the 
temporary shelters, they will take with them the educational message 
from the Andante comedy, which deals with current situations in the 
communities.

Workers of the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector elimination campaign 
partake in the performance urging people to fight the spread of the 
dengue fever producing insects in the days following the heavy rains 
and flooding.