The Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé) information center, attached to the Iber-American House of the Décima, gathers a good number of documents about the poetic composition, its history linked to the bard from Las Tunas, as well as the Cucalambeana Fiesta.

Las Tunas, Cuba - Leticia Fernández, the main specialist of the House, was the one who thought and assumed the task of the classification and safeguarding of between 100 and 200 books, a figure that grew notably with the first headquarters in the Provincial Directorate of Culture.

"There was a need to create it and it was founded on October 21, 1996. I began to catalog what there was, texts, contests, and little by little the patrimony increased," says Fernández and stresses that this effort responded to the eagerness to organize the historical memory of the institution.

She clarifies that it was born in 1993, but lacked the intention of archiving the files that registered its activities and the data that could be demanded by the public, writers, and scholars.

"On March 1st, 2005, we moved to the specialists' area in the Casa de la Décima, on Colón Street, then -about 10 years ago now- the place in front of the ¨Casa de la Décima¨ was given to us and there we grouped everything.

"We have a much larger collection, with the complete works of Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo, a facsimile of his original book, unique copies of the ten-line stanza, the Cucalambé Awards, as well as other important awards in different parts of the country and international regions such as the Canary Islands. We also have all the research that has been done at the center."

She expresses her concern about the low number of visitors in the last active stage, since it was common for students of Socio-cultural Studies, or other arts, demanding on many occasions the profuse digital information held by the center, to pass by. It is currently closed, but work is underway to update its archives and open it in the coming months.

About two thousand documents, including the memories of the Cucalambeana Fiesta since 1985, colloquiums, and competitions such as the Justo Vega Youth Improvisers Contest, are also waiting there for scholars and lovers of tradition.