Young tonadista Amanda Beatriz Ortega.

Amanda Beatriz Ortega Rodríguez didn't hide her happiness when she heard the jury's verdict: she was the winner of the National Tonada Contest for this 2025 Cucalambeana Fiesta.

Poet Miguel Mariano Piñero was granted the 2025 Cucalambé Prize in Written Décima.

Las Tunas writer Miguel Mariano Piñero Martínez won the 2025 Cucalambé Prize with his book "Delirios insulares," an award he had previously won in 2014, with "(In)mutaciones del solitario.”

2025 Cucalambena Fiesta.

The evenings of the Cucalambeana Festival always hold surprises, as was the case on the first date of this edition, with the opening of the "Memories" poster exhibition, in the lobby of the Tunas Theater.

Cantos de Colibrí Children's space at the "Cucalambeana."

In the rural landscape of El Cornito, the children's voices of the Cantos de Colibrí space garnered applause at the Cucalambeana Fiesta. The performance of "La Calabaza," for example, enlivened the audience, proud of the young faces who so gallantly defend the most authentic guajiro repertoire.

The Catauro de la Décima at El Cornito Farm.

Spaces such as the Catauro de la Décima and the Bohío Campesino are among the greatest defenders of tradition at the Cucalambeana Fiesta, which opened this Saturday at the El Cornito Farm.