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PHOTOS: Sergio Betancort
The former Councilor for Education and Culture, Sebastiana Perera Brito, known as Chana, received a tribute this Thursday, on the 25th anniversary of the Insular Craft Fair, in Mancha Blanca. The emotional and simple event took place at 7:00 p.m. inside the facilities of the Insular Fair.
The president of the Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés, valued "very positively" the Insular Craft Fair project, which began when Perera was Councilor for Culture, "with very few economic resources" and which has been consolidated over the years "as a cultural attraction" of the festivities in honor of Our Lady of Los Dolores. San Ginés was accompanied by the current Councilor for Culture, Enma Cabrera.
After that, Chana Perera took the stage, and was received with applause from the public. The honoree made a "very positive" assessment of these 25 years of the Insular Craft Fair, and spoke of when "this exciting project" was launched. She also had words of gratitude to the former president of the Cabildo in her time, Nicolás de Paíz, for his "support".
She also extended her gratitude to the workers of the Cabildo, to the former mayor Luis Perdomo, to the councilor Aquilino Romero, to the artisans, to her uncle, Juan Brito, and especially to her late husband and her children, because they were by her side and knew how to "endure with great patience the hours, days, weeks and months" that she invested to carry out this project.
The Councilor for Culture presented her with a bouquet of flowers, while the president of the Cabildo awarded her the "Golden Crab". When Chana Perera stepped down from the stage, a group of students to whom she gave classes were waiting for her and surprised her with another bouquet of flowers. Perera also received congratulations from her entire family, from Luis Perdomo, from Aquilino Romero, from the mayor of Tinajo, Jesús Machín, from the councilor Antonio Morales, and from some artisans who embarked on this adventure with her.
The act ended with the zaranda dance, performed by the students of Carmen Gloria Brito.