Quiala, who won the 2004 National Prize of Community Culture, heads the session dedicated to the female voices within the movement of the sung and written poetry, and will perform with local and foreign creators in the afternoon.

The event is part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer and country ballad cultivator Jesús Orta Ruíz, better known as El Indio Naborí. The aim is to keep his legacy alive and disseminate his work among the new generations of artists who promote this tradition.

The singer told Prensa Latina the importance of the Congress as a platform for exchange and vindication of the traditions.

Quiala has also been awarded the lifetime work award and the Indio Naborí Ibero-American Prize for Decima and Improvised Verse.

The event takes place in Havana until October 7 under the slogan “Ven con tu décima mía” and honors El Indio Naborí and “punto cubano” (Cuban country music), which was declared a UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity five years ago.

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