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He takes a hat and guayabera and dresses slowly; he wants to enjoy the last minutes of this edition, while he bids farewell to the participants. Yes, gentlemen, I am referring to our Supreme Guateque, the one that arrives with the contagious winks of these days and the commitment to continue perfecting it, the best way to honor Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé).
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 Antonio (Tony) Iznaga, better known on the island as "El Jilguerito" |
Several personalities of Cuban culture and music from our countryside have come to this edition of Cucalambeana Fiesta. 26 spoke with two who have experienced these festivities firsthand.
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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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