The societies of french tomb in Cuba: investigative precedents

Abstract

This work proposes the studies related with the Societies of French tomb in Cuba, aspect that has been treated by Cuban novelists, essayists and investigators and foreing as well. The epistemolological point of view revealed that this group has of Franc-Haitian traditions that, although it was for a lot of time to the margin of the "dominant culture" in the oriental region of the country, it has gotten the attention of diverse specialists interested in preserving the roots of the marginals. The present study intends to evidence the bibliographic referents that these musical dancing spaces of over a century of existence. This publication, between other benefits, contribute in the rescue and the safeguard of the information once the French tomb was  related to, declared Oral and Inmaterial Patrimony of the UNESCO from 2003. The text constitutes a reference document, as base for the future incursions on the societies of french tomb.