Blue Jays player Teoscar Hernández. Other major towns near Cotuí in Sánchez Ramírez, are Villa La Mata, Fantino, La Cueva and Cevicos. Culture The Immaculate Conception Church was built in 1741, and was part of the Herrerian-style ecclesiastical monuments that emerged at the beginning of the 17th century, boasting in the portals of the buildings and are associated with the new social impulse that the reign of Carlos V to his former Province of Santo Domingo. The parochial temple of the municipality was built being priest of the Parish, Mr. Diego Fernández de Castro, it remained for more than 200 years. In 1929 a bell tower was added and when its construction was carried out and the excavations for its base were carried out, the workers found several corpses made into skeletons, which gave a sign that they had been buried in this place for many years. This church was destroyed by an earthquake in 1946. In 1957 the new Immaculate Conception Church was inaugurated, located in front of the central park of the municipality, in the same place where the old one was. The Cotui carnival, has its origin in Spain, and is also influenced by African culture. Another cultural manifestation of the place is the celebration of the magical religious festival of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated between the months of May and June of each year, and the organization is called a brotherhood or brotherhood. This celebration is characterized by the playing and singing of the sticks or drums. It is the oldest brotherhood in the New World founded by the clergyman Álvaro de Castro in 1529. Cotui, like all the towns in the country, has its patron saint festivities every year, these festivities are celebrated in honor of the Virgin Immaculate Conception, they begin on November 30 until December 8. It is one of the oldest patron saint festivities in the country. Climate Cotuí has a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). References Populated places in Sánchez Ramírez Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic Populated places established in 1505