The Centro Iberoamericano de la Décima y el Verso Improvisado (CIDVI), invites poets-repentistas, writers, musicians, cultural promoters and researchers from Ibero-America to participate in the First Ibero-American Congress of the Décima and Improvised Verse, which will take place on 28, 29 and 30 September 2022 in Havana, Cuba.
Dedicated to the Centenary of the birth of the great Cuban poet Jesús Orta Ruiz (Indio Naborí), to the 10th anniversary of the declaration of Repentismo as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation and to the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the Punto Cubano as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the main objective of the event is to promote a fruitful exchange of experiences on the development, consolidation and present of the Décima in the Spanish language, both in its oral and written forms.
Through conferences, debates, book presentations and daily meetings between outstanding bearers of the folklore, this First Ibero-American Congress aspires to become a space that allows the biannual fraternisation of all those factors that have an impact on keeping alive the tradition of the Décima and the Improvised Verse in our towns.
The "Acuario" hotel, belonging to the "Marina Hemingway" Tourist Complex, located to the west of the capital, will be the venue for the conclave and will host the attendees (delegates), thus providing an unforgettable stay in Cuba, a reality that will be enriched by the various collateral activities planned for the three days of the congress, whose Organising Committee is joined by representatives of various institutions: Ministry of Culture, National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Office of Research and Cultural Promotion "Indio Naborí", National Council of Cultural Houses, National Council of Heritage, Cuban Institute of Music, Cuban Institute of the Book and Travel Agency "Paradiso".