Two Cuban son songs played and sung live became this Wednesday at the House of Culture of Yaiza in the prologue of the incredible story starring two Canarians. Juan Morales, originally from Garachico (Tenerife), took the life of the conejero repentista poet Ruperto Machín Duque with a revolver shot on October 9, 1941. The events took place in a farm in the Cuban municipality of Cabaiguán, located in the center of the island of Cuba.
At that time, the Canarian population in that area was close to 75%. The Yaiza City Council has recalled in a statement that "human mobility for economic and social reasons is a phenomenon of all time".
The book From Tinajo to Cuba: Ruperto Machín Duque, death behind the hat shows the chronicle complemented with the historical contextualization made by the archivist of Tinajo, Pedro Cabrera Hernández. The research of the Cuban author Marlene E. García Pérez on the celebration of the 'fotuteras', a popular tradition that was involved as a setting for the crime, joined the family framework of the tragedy before and after it, narrated by Ernesto García Machín, grandson of the mortal victim, who since childhood became accustomed to hearing references to the events.
Ruperto, like many Canarians of the time, emigrated to Cuba with his father at the end of the 19th century, fleeing poverty. What happened that night where the celebration turned into tragedy? or what happened during the time of mourning within a family marked by a murder? The detailed answers can be found in the reading of the book that went on the market with the Magape publishing label.
The Councilor for Culture of Yaiza, César Rijo, encourages neighbors to consult the municipal agenda in its digital and printed editions that publishes the cultural and leisure offer of the municipality.