With the same force, they sang 156 years later the redemptive hymn that Perucho Figueredo, mounted on his horse, made known as lyrics of the war march La Bayamesa.
It was in the city of Bayamo, for the first time “free from the foreign yoke, with a history that began as mamba and then became rebellious...” that the hymn was sung, said the young diplomat Gabriela Castillo.
A sublime mixture of the most deep-rooted roots, Cuban culture constitutes a moral trench that exalts the emancipating work of the homeland, she stressed.
Verses and songs came together in a day that was inserted in the whole set of activities held in the U.S. capital to celebrate the Day of Culture, which this 2024 is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the great Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier and the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry.
The Cuban Embassy was one of the coordinators of events included in this great day for culture, such as the visit of the children's theater company La Colmenita, a music series with jazz musicians, the First Cuban Film Festival, and the presence of two talented writers based in Mexico and the United States at the Ibero-American Literature Festival.
