The Embassy of Mexico has launched “The Soul of Mexico: A Series of Films” depicting the history and culture of Mexico at the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana.
The festival, hosted in the University’s Learning Resource Centre (LRC) , opened on Monday with the film “The Dawn of Mesoamerica”, a film showing  how  culture was born over 3,000 years ago in what is today Mexico.
At the festival, Mexican Ambassador to Guyana Mr. Ferdinand Sandoval said the films, created  by the “Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (National Council for Culture and Arts), will focus on the history of Mexico from pre-historic times to the present day.
The Ambassador said that Mexico’s   heritage will be   displayed through the “Ancient vitality of tradition and the most profound, authentic and significant aspects that define Mexico’s identity”
He said that the gesture will allow Mexico  to develop a closer collaboration in various fields of artistic and individual endeavors with the university, to promote an appreciation of Mexican culture.
Sandoval also pointed out that the festival was a celebration of 200 years of the beginning of the struggle for Mexican independence and 100 years since the initiation of the Mexican revolution.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University, Mr. Tota Mangar, expressed gratitude for the festival, which he said is an opportunity to increase ties with Mexico. Mangar, who said that the University welcomes the opportunity to increase collaboration with the Mexican government, mentioned that some UG staffers have recently attended technology workshops in Mexico.
The other films which will be shown every day at 12:00 hrs at the LRC, until Friday  are “Landscape of the Pyramids”, “Children of the Sun”, “The Century of Conquests” and “Flourishing of the Baroque”.