{"id":512298,"date":"2026-06-24T21:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/giovanny-cruz-questions-the-holding-of-funeral-honors-for-artists-at-the-national-theater\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:05:33","slug":"giovanny-cruz-questions-the-holding-of-funeral-honors-for-artists-at-the-national-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/giovanny-cruz-questions-the-holding-of-funeral-honors-for-artists-at-the-national-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"“Giovanny Cruz questions the holding of funeral honors for artists at the National Theater”"},"content":{"rendered":"“n

Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> Veteran Dominican playwright Giovanny Cruz Dur\u00e1n expressed his disagreement with the practice of holding funeral honors for artists and cultural figures at the Eduardo Brito National Theater facilities, considering that this venue was not conceived for such purposes.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

Through a public letter, Cruz Dur\u00e1n raised questions about the use of the country’s main cultural venue to bid farewell to deceased personalities.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

\u201cIs the National Theater the appropriate place to hold a wake for the deceased?<\/strong>\u201d, the playwright questioned, only to then answer categorically: \u201cDefinitely not\u201d.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The cultural manager also maintained that funeral homes and chapels are the appropriate spaces for family, friends, and acquaintances to bid a final farewell to their loved ones, regardless of the public relevance they may have achieved in life.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

You can also read: Banreservas recognizes Giovanny Cruz for his career and contributions to the Dominican scene<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>n”\n\n“n
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\u201cFuneral homes and chapels are the designated places for family and friends to bid a final farewell to their always beloved and missed departed, regardless of the relevance some may have,\u201d he expressed.<\/p>n<\/blockquote>n”\n\n“n

Cruz Dur\u00e1n’s statements come amid the debate over holding posthumous tributes for prominent figures of art and culture at the National Theater, a practice that has been carried out on various occasions to recognize the legacy of artists, intellectuals, and personalities who have contributed to the cultural development of the Dominican Republic.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

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“n Santo Domingo.\u2013 Veteran Dominican playwright Giovanny Cruz Dur\u00e1n expressed his disagreement with the practice of holding funeral honors for artists and cultural figures at the Eduardo Brito National Theater facilities, considering that this venue was not conceived for such purposes. n” “n Through a public letter, Cruz Dur\u00e1n raised questions about the use of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29gS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina \u00c1lvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}