Seven Cuban officers with state-run music organisations have been punished after serving to organise a Halloween social gathering final week the place an Adolf Hitler costume received first prize, officers stated.
The deputy director of the Cuban Rock Company was faraway from his job and two different staff have been fired from the organisation over the Halloween celebration held in Havana on October 28, Cuban Institute of Music in a press launch on Friday.
The company’s director and three prime officers on the music institute who have been “accountable for the approval, analysis and management of cultural programming” additionally confronted unspecified disciplinary measures, the press launch stated.
In line with a report by the pro-government media outlet Cuba Debate, the Nazi chief’s costume acquired the highest award on the social gathering to “applause and ovations,” triggering a storm of public criticism.
Closed after the incident, the Maxim Rock cultural centre that hosted the Halloween social gathering was set to reopen Saturday.
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