Hectico y Aramís: los guajiros de Cuba
Pura Improvisación
The guajira is a musical genre from the rural fields of Cuba that talks about the life of the guajiros, as the peasants are called. These songs have as protagonists the repentistas, poets who improvise decimas (10-line stanzas) while accompanied by music. Héctor Gutiérrez, known as Hectico, and Aramís Padilla bring us closer to the provincial life of the island through their show Pura improvisación. Together they preserve the Cuban peasant traditions originated between the longing of the guajiros fighters for the freedom of Cuba and the desires for change.
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Curious fact:
Guajira music:
The punto cubano or guajiro, as it is also known, is a poetic and musical expression of the Cuban guajiros. Its origin comes from the Spaniards settled in the 17th century in the countryside and was recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Guajiro is a word used in Cuba to call the peasants, in the same way that in Puerto Rico they’re called jíbaro and in Mexico serrano because they live in the mountains. Contrary to the legend of the war of 1895 about the origin of the word that relates it to the "war heroes", the truth is that the word had already been used before to refer to the working countryside people.
The repentismo is improvised oral poetry and its singing in decimas leverages the rescue and preservation of the most genuine traditions of the countryside. It represents the most autochthonous of our peasants in the decima, the controversy, the poetry, the “pie forzado” and the guajira tunes. The confrontation between the repentistas is also known as "pie forzado", and consists of a battle of verses; two men in dispute improvise with mastery and wit while the public applauds their poetic dexterity.
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