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Written by Yelaine Martínez Herrera Photos: Reynaldo López Peña

Published: 22 October 2023

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• Estrella de Oriente Organ

The Organ belonging to the Ochoa family, weighing around one ton, stands proudly. A lot of rain has fallen since its smaller "ancestor" arrived in Cuba from France, via the port of Cienfuegos. Santiago Fornaris, a carpenter from Bayamo, introduced the musical instrument in Manzanillo and, little by little, with its Cuban wit flooded guateques and revelries.

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Written by Yelaine Martínez Herrera Photos: Reynaldo López and the author

Published: 21 October 2023

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• poetry anthology The Promising Race

Writing to Don Quixote has always been a source of inspiration for Spanish-speaking rhapsodists and others. An inveterate lover of Cervantes' work and aware of the creative wealth accumulated around the "knight of the sad figure", the writer Odalys Leyva Rosabal gave life to the anthology La Raza Promisoria (The Promising Race), which in three volumes compiles poems by 317 authors from more than 20 countries and different periods, from the 16th century to the present day.

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Written by Yelaine Martínez Herrera Photos: Reynaldo López Peña

Published: 19 October 2023

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• Euterpe Choir

Here, sitting with a flute in her hands, I imagine the Greek muse Euterpe, satisfied. A professional choir in our province bears her name and has been honoring it for three decades now, against all odds.

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Written by Róger Aguilera / ACN Photo: Yanetsy Palomares / Tiempo 21

Published: 17 October 2023

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• Tunas Theater

The Tunas Cinema-Theater is in the final stage of a capital repair after several months of intervention in this gigantic facility, the most important cultural center in the eastern province of Las Tunas.