Dolores Rondón at the concert of funerary legends and traditions.

Abstract

The nineteenth-century cemeteries are part of the imaginary of the foundation of the first seven villas in the Island of Cuba, those that have been called Patrimonial Cemeteries, is more and more the nucleus of the tourism of cemeteries. The text that is presented, approaches the funerary patrimony in relation to the legends and traditions that are interwoven in these sites. It points out the possible uneasy relationship between cemetery tourism and funerary heritage, partly due to the unwillingness to directly associate visits to cemeteries with death. Poorly thought out cemetery tourism can undermine the tangible and intangible heritage of cemeteries. Many cemeteries are still in use and should therefore be considered as 'living heritage', and open-air museums. It is therefore understood that interpretation systems should communicate the various aspects of mortality as an element of the socio-cultural development of a community.  Highlighting the dynamics of funerary legends and traditions in a narrative framework that is little explored but must be highlighted. Safeguarding ethical values since, in the case of Cuba, many of our first cemeteries receive the human remains of its citizens.  This text proposes a look from the funerary legends that are interwoven in the popular imaginary and that are an attraction for Tourism.