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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: "ÁFRICA, VOCES DE LA ESPERANZA Y EL TAMBOR"
23/05/2026 - 10:00
Plaza de las Américas
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: "ÁFRICA, VOCES DE LA ESPERANZA Y EL TAMBOR"
Conferences, music, dance, handicrafts...Check the programme below. Free admission.PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:
10:00 am | Opening ceremony and presentation.
Speeches by Rosa Sánchez, Mayoress; María Regla Pérez Hechevarría, President of the Huellas Compartidas Culture and Art Association; Aziz Diouf, President of the Senegalese Association in the Region of Murcia; and Alicia Martínez, Councillor for Culture and Heritage.
10:00 am | Opening of the market selling traditional African products
Exhibition and sales area featuring textiles, costume jewellery, decorative items, handcrafted goods, henna and African braids.
10:30 am | Senegalese percussion parade
Musical parade by the group Kunta Kinte Percusión through the streets of the city centre to Plaza de las Américas.
11.30 am | Children’s workshop “Africa yesterday and today”
Activity to learn about Senegalese culture through music, traditions and African percussion.
Led by Aziz Diouf and Modou Diagne.
12.45 pm | Informative talk: “The secrets of African art: magic, ritual and animism”
By Professor José Javier Aliaga Cárceles, from the Department of Art History at the University of Murcia.
1.30 pm | Live music | “Perkeworld. African roots from a European perspective”
Musical performance by percussionists Iván García, Magdalena Myrczik, Juanfra Carrillo and David Almagro.
2.30 pm | Tasting of traditional African dishes
Gastronomic showcase featuring typical recipes from various African countries.
4.15 pm | Live music | Dakka Merrakchia Murcia
5:00 pm | Intercultural activities for children organised by the Red Cross Youth
Flag and badge-making workshop.
Traditional African and popular games.
Intercultural ‘Whisper Game’.
Multicultural hopscotch.
6.00 pm | Performance by Mandinga Cultural (Gambia) with Abdou Sima
Music and dance show inspired by the Mandinka culture of West Africa.
7.00 pm | Live music | Atlas Murcia Dakka Merrakchia
Traditional Moroccan percussion performance with Mohammed Hamdi, Soufiane Mouissi, Khalid Addadi and Walid El Kodia.
8.30 pm | Live music | Kunta Kinte Percussion
A Senegalese percussion show featuring traditional instruments such as the sabar, tungune and dun dun, performed by Aziz Diouf, Modou Diagne, Mamadou Diallo and Mor Thiam.
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Plaza de la Constitución, 10 Alhama de Murcia (Murcia)
Telf: 968 63 35 12 · Fax: 968 63 94 90
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Plaza de la Constitución, 10 Alhama de Murcia (Murcia)
Telf: 968 63 35 12 · Fax: 968 63 94 90
turismo@alhamademurcia.es
Diseño y programación: Avatar Internet S.L.L.
