CAMAGÜEY.- The performance began at 6:30 in the afternoon just as the program announced, the Avellaneda Theater opened the curtains and the Oyú Oro Experimental Dance Company, guests from the hot land, took the stage under the direction of Danys Pérez “La Mora” overflowing with energy, virtuosity and technical quality.

Halfway through the performance a female voice filled the room, it did not come from the proscenium, but from one of the lunettes in the first row, a person from above closely followed her steps because it was none other than Bertha Armiñan Linares, the Diva of Folk Song.

Microphone in hand, she conquered the attention of the public, hypnotized by the cadence of her voice and the powerful timbre that accompanies her regardless of the visible passage of the years; already in the middle of the stage, tears ran down her cheeks, as Camagüey stood applauding her passion for culture and folk art.

“This dedication of the Olorum Festival is a source of pride for me because it allows me to continue with my work despite being retired, always with the desire to contribute all the knowledge I have,” confessed the singer born in Santiago de Cuba.

For the first time in Camagüey, the Diva of Folkloric Song received the replica of the Avellaneda Theater from the hands of Kenny Ortigas Guerrero, President of the Provincial Council of the Performing Arts: “it is a blessing to obtain this award and I hope that other people who deserve it , will also receive it with the same love that I have received it.”

Her simplicity and delicacy surpasses each of her movements, her elegant and calm walk, Bertha arrived to steal hearts and of the audience that cheered her she said: “a very nice and respectful audience, above all, that knew how to accept the good and the bad.” , which is the wonderful thing about art and if you allow me, I will surely return.”

The third day of the Olorum Festival in the City of Tinajones also featured a nighttime presentation at the Principal Theater of the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba who gave the show Tradición Viajera en el Tiempo, a mix of past, present and future in memory of Rogelio Rodríguez Funes.

Last Sunday the squares and parks of the city were dressed for the gala with the presentation of the invited companies and at 5:00 p.m. The closing of the event took place at the Teatro Principal by the Camagüey Folkloric Ballet under the direction of maestro Reinaldo Echemendía Estrada.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez