After six days of shows, community activities and competitions, the XIX National Festival of Integral Artistic Mountain Groups (CAIM) concluded in Guantanamo, which brought together the five groups of this type in the country and in its contest the hosts captured most of important awards.
"El Guararey de Pastora", the most recognized changüí song in the world, led the participants of the Changüi Cultural Route along the street of tradition, from Sol and Narciso López to the Elio Revé Park in the neighborhood of La Loma del Chivo, in the Guantanamo City.
After a tour in Europe, the popular singer Haila María Mompié arrived to celebrate her twenty-six-year career at the Cultural Center La Guantanamera in the Guantanamo City, where she started a national tour with her group, sponsored by the Artistic and Literary Promotions Agency (ARTEX), as part of the proposals of this group during Summer 2019.
From Mexico, the Baracoa researcher, philologist and guitarist Manuel Mulet came to accompany at the headquarters of the Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) in Guantanamo, Dr. Paula Villalón in her popular Bolereando space, with memorable interpretations of Cuban troubadour music.
The sixth edition of the Moviendo Videoclip Festival, which takes place in Guantanamo from July 9 to 11, suggested this time as part of its theoretical section a space to discuss the challenges of the musical promotion from the audiovisual materials, with the presence of the recognized filmmakers as Yeandro Tamayo, Carlos Maristany and Pedro Gutiérrez.