Children and teenagers members of the Casa de la Decima "Francisco Riveron" perform in Guines, Mayabeque province, Cuba on February 26, 2025. Improvised verses and duels between poets resonate in the Casa de la Décima in Güines, a corner of western Cuba where children and young people cultivate that lyrical jewel that springs from the peasant soul on an island saturated with reggaeton.
Children and teenagers members of the Casa de la Decima "Francisco Riveron" perform in Guines, Mayabeque province, Cuba on February 26, 2025. Improvised verses and duels between poets resonate in the Casa de la Décima in Güines, a corner of western Cuba where children and young people cultivate that lyrical jewel that springs from the peasant soul on an island saturated with reggaeton.
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Forget reggaeton or rap: for children in rural Cuba the epitome of cool is writing and singing a ten-line poem -- a art form honed by farmers and preserved over generations.
