A friend dies and you have a hole in your chest as if something else was removed, a fibrous part. If that friend is also a great poet, it hurts twice as much. But finding him when half a year has passed since his departure, precisely between his verses, leaves that bittersweet flavor of at least having known him and that he will continue alive thanks to poetry.

Ecuadorian poet Jonathan Demian

Jonathan Demian is a man of verses, a deep heart and a soul ready to share his goodness with the universe. Life recently put him to the test by contracting the COVID -19 in his country, Ecuador. While recovering from illness, poetry was that breath he needed to keep going.

Representatives from some 18 countries participate in this online edition of the Cucalambeana Fiesta

The 53rd edition of the Cucalambeana Fiesta, which started yesterday and ends tomorrow (for the first time in an online edition), welcomes the participation of folk singers, repentistas, troubadours, writers and exponents, in general, of cultural expressions from some 18 countries, Yanetsy Ramírez León, a specialist in International Relations of the Provincial Directorate of Culture, says.

The Cucalambeana Fiesta honors Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo, known as El Cucalambé

The forum Along the Paths of Song And Verse was developed on Twitter, which became an opportunity to delve into important issues for the preservation of the campesina tradition.