Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Jul 26.- "O fuló, thatblackwomanfuló", isone of thosephrasesthatany Cuban knows, despitethedeath of theinterpreter and artist Luis Carbonell, nineyearsago and whenthisJuly 26th iscelebratedhiscentenary.
And itisthat, withhispictures of nationallife, loadedwithauthenticCubanness, theAntilleanpoetrywatercolorist, as he wascalledonthisisland, earnedtheaffection, respect and admiration of allthepeople.
Forthisreason, variousinstitutions of the culture system and theUnion of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Uneac) carryoutactivities in homage to theartisticcareer of thaticon of national culture bornonJuly 26, 1923.
Recently, at theUneacheadquarters, theethnologist and poet Miguel Barnet, thejournalist and critic Pedro de la Hoz, and thepresident of the Nicolás Guillén Foundation, Nicolás Hernández Guillén, sharedaboutthelife and work of theextraordinary Cuban reciter and artist.
ForBarnet, Carbonell wasthepinnacle of oral storytelling, theexpression of thedeepestjoys of thecollectivesoul, thesatisfaction of dailyappetites, wherenotonlyjoy, butalsoreflection has itsdeepesthold.
Ontheoccasion of hiscentenary, at therecentlyconcluded Festival del Caribe, whichtook place in hishometown, Santiago de Cuba, a largespacewasdedicated to theartist as a tribute to hisartisticvalues, hisskills as a storyteller and hischarismaticpersonalitythatdeeplytouchedthepublic. the taste of the Cuban public.
He wasone of thegreaticons of national culture, he sharedhiswork and histalentwithmusicstudents, he offeredrecitalsthroughout Cuba and in differentstages of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, theDominicanRepublic, Colombia, theUnitedStates, Nicaragua and Spain, amongothers.
In 2003 he wasawardedtheNational Humor Award and theNationalMusicAward.
When he died, onMay 24, 2014, hisremainsweretransferred to thefamilyvault in the Santa Ifigenia cemetery, in hisbeloved Santiago de Cuba, veryclose to otherrenowned figures such as Miguel Matamoros, Ñico Saquito, Compay Segundo, Emiliano BlezGarbey, Felix B. Caignet and Adolfo Llauradó. (Text and photo: PL)
