The institution, which belongs to the Association of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) have been organizing the monthly cultural event for over 10 years with primary, secondary and high school students.

Singer Mario Darias and his duet musical companion Ana Irma, traditional hosts of the event, had previously collaborated with the Mapeyé Group with which had recorded a CD with poems of Jose Marti put into music and together prepared a tour throughout the island to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Cuba´s National Hero.

Tony Mapeyé, winner of an international award at the 2012 Cubadisco Festival, told ACN News Agency that it is an honor, but in reality the winner of such recognition is 94 year old quartet singer Iluminado Avila who lives in Morovi, Puerto Rico.

He pointed out that it’s an anthological collection of composers and instrumentalists of the region where traditional music is conserved and the cuatro is preserved (a typical cultural instrument used in Puerto Rico). 

Regarding the Repentismo as Cuba´s National Heritage, Mapeyé highlighted that this expression is enriched and preserved by the peoples themselves but for an institution to recognize its value is a solid commitment for its survival and an example that must be followed by other nations.

Roberto Silva and Jerry Rodriguez visited Cuba on this occasion to participate in the World Championships of Pie Forzados (Cuban country music) that organized Cubadisco 2012 and both praised this initiative because it does not only support art cultivated in Cuba but also in many Ibero American countries.

The small Puerto Rican delegation believe that these festivals in Cuba has world repercussion and are a cultural reference that must copied with a spiritual group environment.

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