Burras and Burriquitas de Ribas exalted to Municipal Heritage

Published at: 13/12/2024 09:59 AM

The José Félix Ribas Municipality, Aragua state, joyfully celebrated the exaltation of Donkeys and Burriquitas as municipal heritage, because in recent days the Donkey Collective submitted the formal request for their appointment to the Ribense Municipal Council.

That is why, after the ordinary session 019, by an absolute majority of votes in the chamber, the request was approved, which marks a historic event within the culture of the municipality.

The president of the Municipal Cultural Foundation, Jessica Díaz, said she was fully pleased and happy with this great achievement and thanked all the people who made it possible.

“This is a historic day for culture in the Ribas municipality. I remember that in 2016 they were declared National Heritage and today the same is being done in Ribas. Thanks to our mayor Juan Carlos Sánchez, to the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, the revolution achieved the task of having our Donkeys and Burriquitas Municipal Heritage in Ribas,” he said.

For her part, the cultor and coordinator of the donkey movement in Ribas, Norka Cato, first thanked God, as well as the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, the governor of the state of Aragua, Karina Carpio, and the mayor of the Ribas municipality, Juan Carlos Sánchez.

“We are all donkeys and burriquitas, a folkloric manifestation that identifies us as promoters of culture in Ribas, Aragua, Venezuela and the world. I feel very happy and I'm going to keep dancing the donkeys,” she said.

It should be noted that in 2016 the Cultural Heritage Institute (IPC) officially declared the “Donkeys” and “Burriquitas” as Cultural Heritage of National Rank and September 30 as the National Day of Burriquitas.

VTV