“It was an explosion prompted by personal circumstances. At no time was there insult or coercion to change the meaning of the designation’, they say from the Foundation.
The Cante de las Minas Foundation issued a statement this Tuesday seeking to “clarify” the controversy caused by the mayor’s anger at the festival jury, with the aim of ending the damage that could are suffering from what is considered the best festival in the world in this genre and moving towards a new edition that will demonstrate without doubt the power of this appointment with culture».
First, they emphasize that “the meeting at the start of the final between the president of the Cante de las Minas Foundation and the mayor of La Unión, Pedro López, and the jury members is a reaction to a personal action for which the president has apologized from the first moment, in addition to making it public this Tuesday in the extraordinary plenary session, both to the jury members and to the citizens and lovers of flamenco, acknowledging their mistake.» In the statement, they also point out that “it is a explosion was motivated by personal circumstances, a human error where at no time was there insult or coercion for the jury to change the meaning of the designation.” “On behalf of the entire Foundation, we want to defend the professionalism and neutrality of this jury , thank them for their great work and remember that their judgment was reflected and respected in the awarding of the various awards, z as has been done thus far,” they added.
From the Cante de las Minas Foundation «we regret the damage that the International Festival of Cante de las Minas may suffer in the light of this particular event due to the media dimensions reached, making clear that this meeting is of quality and the values with which it is established and that they are not questionable at all.
The Foundation uses the ruling to “highlight the good performance of the 61st edition and this is reflected in the results in numbers and size and which we believe should also be disseminated by the media. More than 1,700 publications have been found in the media in the past two months, reaching more than 306 million users, with an advertising value reaching the amount of 6.74 million euros, according to the impact assessment carried out by Kantar Media, which represents an increase of almost one million euros more than the previous edition, in addition to a higher percentage of positive impact of this news, which increases from 58 to 64% compared to 60 festivals. All this taking into account the boom registered in the last edition, with an increase of 19% in the reach figures compared to 2019, even in the case of a year marked by the pandemic and moving to Maquinista de Levante to comply with all protocols comply. . This shows it is maintaining sustained growth.”
“The professionals who are part of the Cante de las Minas Foundation do not want to end this statement without thanking the media for their trust and dissemination of our festival, as well as the love they give it in each edition, asking for patience in the face with possible mistakes that could happen and ensure that the festival will come out of this event stronger, as it has done in other hard stages it has experienced before”. “The International Festival of Cante de las Minas has the power to renew itself and will continue to work to defend the cultural heritage of this country, but not before the necessary introspection has been made to look for areas for improvement and our meeting to the whole world continue to promote,” they concluded in the post.
Source: La Verdad
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