The plastic arts always honor the Supreme Guateque of the Cuban Peasantry

On its first day of online celebration, the 53rd edition of the Cucalambeana Fiesta gave Internet users a painting exhibition that portrays the soul of the Cuban countryside in all its splendor and naturalness; a comfort in the midst of a healthcare landscape that invites to reinvent life itself.

Geordanis Romaguera, the winner

The winners of the Justo Vega National Improvisation Contest, one of the most important competitions of the Cucalambeana Fiesta, were announced in the Palmas y Cañas television program, broadcast Sunday night, whose highest award fell for the second consecutive time at Geordanis Romaguera Montes de Oca, from Matanzas.

53rd Cucalambeana Fiesta Online

Coquettish, with the smell of the coffee made in a cloth strainer, she moves away from the hammock. In the necessary time for a rooster to sing, she puts a poppy in her hair and saddles the foal, which with the folds of the dress looks like a huge sea poppy. But she does not leave the hut to go to El Cornito where Juan Cristóbal lived, this time she will connect to the Internet. Homages await her in the form of exhibitions, forums, book presentations, guateques ... And she, the Cucalambeana Fiesta, wants to dream again of the lullaby of tradition.

This popular fiesta that aims to bring Cuban peasant traditions to its maximum expression

Artistic expressions from 18 nations have already confirmed their presence to virtually participate in the 53rd edition of the Cucalambeana Fiesta, organized in this city; an online event that will pay tribute, from June 29 to July 1, on the 191 anniversary of the birth of Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo, El Cucalambé.

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Although the pandemic has not yet left our country and we should not trust ourselves, we are gradually returning to normality, we shake off our fears, we set goals… The post-COVID-19 recovery stage is already a fact and the cultural sector, of course, readies efforts to comply with targeted measures.