Si vous êtes à Cuba entre le 20 et le 23 Décembre...
The changüí is the most popular Guantanamero rhythm born in the foothills.
The third edition of the National Changüí Festival, to be held in Guantánamo from December 20 to 23, will provide a new opportunity to know about the most recent values of the genre and to make contributions to its tradition in the island.
This year the meeting will be dedicated to dancer Evelia Noblet known as Bella, tresero Guillermo Mustelier, the popular Bulé; bongosero Andrés Fisto, also known as Taberas and the group Estrellas Campesinas, on its 55 anniversary of creation.
“Rafael Inciarte. Simientes, paralelos y proyecciones del Changüí” theoretic colloquium will take place during the first two days at Plaza de la Revolución Mariana Grajales of that city.
The most important activity of the event will be the contest of Changüí creation and the usual competitions of treseros, marimberos, bongoseros, regineros and dancers, occasion in which different generations of this exclusive sonority from the eastern part of the country, which is considered the mother of the son in Cuba, gather together.
This musical genre arose in the northwest part of Guantánamo where municipalities Salvador, Yateras and Manuel Tames are located. These localities has a great musical changüí tradition that is why there will be present the usual Fiestas changüiseras as well as El Rumbón de las Cuatro Esquinas and the performance of different artists and cultural institutions of Guantánamo.
The Festival will be chaired by Elio Revé Jr. who has furthered this genre in its most contemporaneous tendency. The event promises to meet people’s expectations who are totally involved in this great changüí feast.
