Dominican Republic Celebrates International Book Fair and here comes the Merengue Festival.

Dominican Republic is an island full of attractions that always produces entertaining, educate and promote our taste. During this season we are celebrating the XI International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2008, which is open to the public exposure of thousands of volumes by authors from almost every continent, mainly Latin Americans and the Caribbean.

This year's event is dedicated to the historian Emilio Rodriguez Demorizi and there are 28 nations invited are forming the association of Caribbean States. This time, moreover, the hundreds of stands, kiosks and other structures for the exhibition of books and exhibition of cultural activities during the 1158 activity will include artistic presentations, 64 presentations and 10 theater art exhibitions.

The guest of honor is the writer Junot Diaz, who resides in New York and recently won the Pulitzer Prize.

In the Fair will participate over 50 international authors, directors of libraries, publishers and promoters of books and culture. During the inauguration, was the big show "Caribbean: a sea of cultures" produced by Carlos Alfredo Fatule.

On the other hand this is already planning the celebration of Brugals Merengue Festival which will have new attractions and surprises this year for the occasion and their producers are preparing a night with performances by the most impressive “merengueros” of the 80’s.

For this occasion there will be a super orchestra directed by Matthew July (Rasputin), composed of the most talented musicians of that era, which will accompany each of the artists who influenced by merengue in popular taste and today are remembered by Dominicans.

The information provided Duverger Angelo, manager of promotion from Brugal, who said that at this moment they are working on the selection of artists who will participate in this activity. "The idea of having a meringue night of the 80’s at the Merengue Festival of Brugal, to remember the golden age of our rhythm, free to bring the Dominican people and contribute to the development of our music," said Duverger. Brugal's Merengue Festival will be held from the 24th to 27th of July. For more information, click here