Parranda Típica celebrates its centenary in central Cuba

Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The Parranda Típica Espirituana, a group that carries the peasant music or Punto Cubano, celebrates its centenary in the fourth village founded by the Spanish conquistadors in Cuba.

The result of the Santiago Espirituano – a Catholic festivity dedicated to Santiago de Compostela – was the creation of the Parranda Típica Espirituana, founded in 1922 by the Sobrino brothers, to compete in that celebration.

This group was formed in the neighborhood of Jesús María, located in the outskirts of the city. The brothers Pascual, Armando and Marcelino, with the Sobrino Guerra surname, founded the group (…) adapting to the different historical contexts, without losing its essence.

This is explained in El punto espirituano: identidad y patrimonio cultural de la nación cubana by Saylí Alba Álvarez, researcher and professor at the University of Sancti Spiritus José Martí Pérez.

The punto cubano is one of the oldest musical practices within the peasant music. Its use extends, mainly, from the central to the western region, the scholar says in the aforementioned text.

This research earned its author one of the six awards of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba 2020, in Social and Humanistic Sciences.

During the day of celebrations for the 508th anniversary of the founding of the town, on June 4, the Parranda Típica Espirituana was honored on the occasion of its centennial.

The specialists assure that the legacy of the Sobrino brothers is maintained in the current generation of the group.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recognized the punto cubano or punto guajiro, a poetic and musical expression of the men and women of the countryside, as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.