The 15th edition of the International Timbalaye Festival La Ruta de la Rumba 2023, dedicated to musical instruments as an integral part of the essence of the cultural identity of the peoples, will take place from August 20 to September 1 in Havana, Pinar del Rio, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Las Tunas, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, Camagüey and Matanzas.
According to Ulises Mora, president of Timbalaye International Promoter of Cuban Culture, based in Cuba, Mexico and Italy, this year's festival will focus on the Yoruba batá drums and will aim at highlighting the relevance of the African heritage present in rumba and in the material and immaterial heritage of the country.
"We will go again to the neighborhoods, especially to those where the genre is cultivated, where the oral transmission, legacy of Africanness dwells, where we will send a message of awareness about the importance of this legacy and of the values, emotions and feelings that are transmitted through the musical heritage that has musical instruments as a vehicle," he explained.
The program of the festival consists of concerts, shows, dance lessons, visits to historical sites, colloquiums, meetings with emblematic characters, oral narrations, plastic arts and handicrafts, among others. In this opportunity will emphasize the performance of Cuban batá drums, with the intention of having them declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
Translated by ESTI
