2023-06-28 10:55:31
Kaffrine, June 28 (APS) — Actors of urban cultures in Kaffrine (center) have just benefited from subsidies of more than 20 million CFA francs from the Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage, financial support intended to accompany them in the realization of their projects.
The beneficiaries received their grants from the Minister in charge, Aliou Sow, on Tuesday, under the grants allocated by the Urban Cultures Development Fund to the regions of Kaffrine, Diourbel, Kaolack and Fatick.
The actors of the urban cultures of Kaffrine received a total of 20 million 500,000 CFA francs, including financial support for Tabaski from which 11 cultural actors of Koungheul and Kathiote benefited.
“The municipalities of Kaffrine and Gniby, within the framework of the agreement signed during the last National Festival of Arts and Cultures (Fesnac) with the Ministry of Culture, for the promotion and support of culture, have received their first checks , fifteen million CFA francs out of the thirty million for Kaffrine, and five million CFA francs for the municipality of Gniby out of the twenty million CFA francs, concerning the first tranches”, detailed Aliou Slow.
The subsidies granted to these cultural actors relate to structuring, training, events, production, creation, distribution and mobility, that is to say travel, noted the Minister of Culture and Historical heritage, in the presence of the administrative and territorial authorities of the region.
“In the vision of the Head of State […], President Macky Sall, territorial equity occupies an important place in politics. At one point, we wanted to decentralize, to correct certain odds in the distribution of shares, ”he said.
On behalf of the beneficiaries, the artist Big Ndiaga from Koungheul praised and magnified the “inclusive approach” of the Minister of Culture and Historical Heritage, who, according to him, has continued to support cultural actors since his arrival at the head of the Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage.
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