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Friday 26 april 2019

Monumentsfund purchased typical cunucu house

ORANJESTAD — In 1982, make sure to keep the his- tion to preserve this beauti-
ICOMOS established 18 tory of this house alive and ful cunucuhouse for future
April as the International make it accessible to the generations. q
Day for Monuments and public.
Sites. This year the theme The Tan Tin House was built
was Rural Landscapes. by Mario and Johanna
Monumentsfund aruba Tromp. Here they raised
(MFA) made use of this op- their nine children. The fa-
portunity to announce the ther also planted fruits and
purchase of a monument vegetables like okra, cu-
at Pos Abou 19. This house cumber and pumpkin for
known by the name ‘Cas their own consumption.
Tan Tin’ (House of Aunt Tin)
now belongs to the collec- Typical Cunucuhouses ob-
tion of monuments owned tained their name because
by MFA. Currently the Mon- most of them where in rural
umentsbureau which is the (‘Cunucu’ ) areas.
governmental department The houses in the form like
in charge of the protection the Tan Tin House were con-
of monuments is working structed in the period after
on the legal protection of the ‘Torto Houses’ made of
this beautiful house. loam which also form part
of our rural heritage. Most
Last year a letter of intent of these houses were sur-
was signed between MFA rounded by a large tract of
and the government of land often used for cultiva-
Aruba to purchase this tion.
house. Finally after just a
few months everything was Due to the changes and
ready to announce that developments on the is-
the house has been pur- land, these houses have
chased by MFA and the become part of more in-
keys were officially handed habited areas. But they are
to the Minister of Culture still there to remind us of
who will be the tenants Aruba’s rural heritage.
and Mi Cutisa Founda-
tion will be the users of this Monumentsfund Aruba is
beautiful cunucu house. proud of this acquisition
Mi Cutisa Foundation will which is also a contribu-