The French Tomb: "La Caridad de Oriente", was declared an Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in November 2003. The Tumba Francesa de Santiago de Cuba is a recreational cultural space, which has its origins in the nineteenth century.

In this form of artistic expression, African slaves fused their rhythms with the French dances of the Caribbean. Cuba arrived from Haiti and appears in the coffee plantations of the east of the island, where it evolves to adopt different structures that crystallize in the form of society with which it is now known.

The French Tomb preserves genuine musical instruments, dances, touches and songs of the ancestors, in addition to the culinary customs, the statutes and original spiritual precepts. Their drums, built by African hands, are more than a century old.