Art and Literature Mapalé & Publishing Inc.
is an independent publishing house dedicated since 2004
to promote art, literature and Latin American culture in
Canada.
Updating in a weekly basis the on-line Cultural Agenda
Publishing magazines and books: Catalogue
Promoting artists on-line: Artists
Creating and maintaining a Directory with services offered
in Spanish in the
Ottawa and Gatineau region.
Organizing, promoting y supporting cultural events
If you like to receive the Cultural Agenda you can e-mail us at
info@artemapale.com
and we will send you the Agenda once a month.
Mapalé is also the name of a fish. Legend has it that fishermen used to dance after a good fishing day, and that the dance s movements represent the movements of a fish out of water.
Why Mapalé?
It is a simple, strong, suggestive and intriguing word. The dance is extremely energetic and exuberant and somehow represent an inner pulsion towards the exterior, towards change, an irrepressible urge to express, to feel, to experience and more.
Mapalé is the image of all of those who express their inner strength through artistic creation.
As a dance, Mapalé is part of the ancestral heritage of a Latin-American country, though it is mostly ignored by most. The history of Mapalé itself shows that culture and tradition never die, keep living, growing, gaining from their new life elsewhere.
WHO WE ARE
