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Las Tunas intellectual Carlos Tamayo was born on July 1, the same day as El Cucalambé. |
"The quality of Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé) as a poet, decimist, improviser, as well as his condition as a peasant, is beyond any doubt," said Carlos Tamayo Rodríguez when giving a lecture on one of the most important figures of the Cuban literature in the 19th century, within the framework of the 2024 Cucalambeana Fiesta.
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He was just over 30 years old when he made history. He was undoubtedly the most popular poet of his time. In the context of slavery and illiteracy, people learned his tenths and sang them at parties. Therefore, drinking from nature, extolling Syboneyism, he transcended...
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The young Rosabel Pi González, from Camagüey, was the winner of the Canto alrededor del Punto National Contest of Gloss, with "Última solicitud de matrimonio a Soledad," a result announced - as part of the Jornada Cucalambeana - at the Catauro de la Décima on 30 June, in Las Ruinas of El Cornito farm.
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Brayan Alejandro Iglesias Fernández won all the awards in the Justo Vega Improvisers Contest, taking home the First and the Popularity prizes, in a lid that is one of the most anticipated moments of the Cucalambeana Festival.
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For the third time, Ronel González Sánchez, from Holguín, won the "Cucalambé" Written Décima Contest, this time with his poetry notebook Resurrection of the Mask. The result was announced at the "Catauro de la Décima" on June 29, in the presence of the Minister of Culture Alpidio Alonso and other prestigious personalities of the literary world.
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