Havana, October 8th.- The national sport is recognized for reflecting the most genuine Cuban traditions and heading the list of the greatest entertainments of the people.
On October 19, what is already a reality will be made official, the Declaration of Cultural Heritage of the Nation to the cultural dimension of baseball: the ball game, associated knowledge and practices. Thus, the national sport is recognized for reflecting the most genuine Cuban traditions and heading the list of the greatest entertainments of the people. This distinction is to ennoble and create emotional ties between its practitioners.
It is of high significance, which is a tribute to the gallant game - as the Doctor of Science Félix Julio Alfonso López called it - that this recognition comes on the day of National Culture Day, on October 20. From the Mambi players, through those who swelled illustrious generations - understand all the leagues of the prerevolutionary period, including the professional one, until today - they will be recognized. The Palmar de Junco stadium in Matanzas, where ball was played for the first time in Cuba, will be the scene of the investiture. On it, Omar Valiño, director of the José Martí National Library, highlighted that they worked in detail to recognize "one of the most transcendent and enduring manifestations of Cuban culture for more than a century and a half."