Museum honors Sixto

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The Dominican Museum of Man will honor traditional musician and spiritual leader Sixto Minier in an exhibition that opens on 1 July at 7pm. During the ceremony the Ministry of Culture will launch a CD by the "Cofradia del Espiritu Santo de los Congos de Villa Mella (Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella)". The Cofradia was named a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral an Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 18 May 2001. The Cofradia is more than 300 years old and in 2006 the government created a plan of action in order to protect it. Minier was born on 2 March 1920 and passed away on 29 April 2008, at the age of 88. Minier was groomed to be the leader of the Cofradia from an early age and in 2001 was recognized by the state of New York for helping to preserve African traditions in the DR. After Minier's death Agustin Guzman Minier was named leader of the Cofradia.

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