Story tellers and experts on this literary tradition from all parts of the island will analyze how fables, legends, refrains and myths told from  generation to generation have contributed to the preservation of the folklore and history of an heterogeneous culture embracing the African legacy, the European influence and its own repertoire.

This year’s event will be dedicated to reciter Luis Carbonell, who has been labeled as the Watercolorist of the Antilles’ Poetry because of his right interpretation of the rhythm and nuances of Cuban poetry.

The biennial and the symposium will also honor Santiago de Cuba’s conga music and dancing which contributes to the dissemination of the reality, concerns and progress of the people through the choruses that emerge spontaneously to the beat of the drums.

Presentations and parades of narrators will take over the streets of Santiago de Cuba where the people are used to street theater and the cry of vendors– which is undoubtedly one of the exponents of oral tradition.

Theater halls, the headquarters of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), schools and even hospitals will be venues of the events that also includes lectures and panel discussions.