Every year, Cuba holds an international music industry fair called Cubadisco, whose main objective is to award the best albums produced by national record labels in all musical genres, with nominations in different categories. This great event is known throughout the country as "Cuba's record party".
This year, the opening gala that officially opens the contest to be held from May 12 to 19, was held at the Cetro events hall, and today I share with you a little of the decoration used in it, which I found very unique.
En Cuba se celebra cada a帽o la feria internacional de la industria musical llamada Cubadisco, que tiene como principal objetivo premiar los mejores 谩lbumes producidos por las casas disqueras nacionales en todos los g茅neros musicales, nominando en diferentes categor铆as. Ese gran evento es conocido en todo el pa铆s como "la fiesta del disco en Cuba".
Este a帽o, la gala inicial que abre oficialmente el certamen a efectuarse del 12 al 19 de mayo, se celebr贸 en la sala de eventos Cetro, y hoy les comparto un poco de la decoraci贸n usada en el mismo, que me pareci贸 muy singular.
This time Cubadisco is dedicated to Cuban country music, so the event gives prestige to the best of our traditions, because even the Cuban Punto is part of the intangible heritage of humanity. It seems to me an appropriate selection to enhance this musical genre that has such a catchy rhythm, as we say in "good Cuban".
I was very excited because I had never had the chance to see, first hand, this kind of activity. I liked the promotional poster of the festival, placed for the artists to take pictures, where the logos of all the cultural institutions that participate in the event were displayed, as well as others that intervene as sponsors. The design of the logo of the event is a waste of creativity: it shows the image of a faceless woman holding the corners of a large colorful outfit, which in my opinion could be any Cuban woman, with a typical dress that ends with the shape of a disc.
En esta oportunidad el Cubadisco est谩 dedicado a la m煤sica campesina cubana, as铆 que el evento prestigia lo mejor de nuestras tradiciones, porque incluso el Punto cubano constituye patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad. Me parece una selecci贸n adecuada realzar este g茅nero musical que tiene un ritmo tan pegajoso, como decimos en "buen cubano".
Yo estaba muy entusiasmada porque nunca hab铆a tenido la posibilidad de ver, de primera mano, este tipo de actividad. Me gust贸 el poster promocional del festival, colocado para que los artistas se tomaran fotograf铆as, donde estaban los logos de todas las instituciones culturales que participan en el certamen, adem谩s de otras que intervienen como patrocinadores. El dise帽o del logo del evento es un derroche de creatividad: muestra la imagen de una mujer sin rostro sosteniendo las esquinas de un gran atuendo de colores, que desde mi opini贸n puede ser cualquier mujer cubana, con un vestido t铆pico que termina con la forma de un disco.
The decoration of the entrance of the hall was very original, because it imitated a common scene of the Cuban countryside, with elements that are very autochthonous such as the basket of fresh seasonal fruits, the stool, the musical instrument known as the tres and the classic Cuban boh铆o.
A scene very similar to the entrance design was also present on the stage set up for the event. Although I didn't manage to take a picture of them, the service attendants were wearing the typical hats of our fields.
La decoraci贸n de la entrada del sal贸n era muy original, porque se imitaba una escena com煤n de los campos cubanos, con elementos que son muy aut贸ctonos como la cesta de frutas frescas de temporada, el taburete, el instrumento musical conocido como el tres y el cl谩sico boh铆o cubano.
Una escena muy similar al dise帽o de la entrada tambi茅n estaba presente en el escenario dispuesto para el evento. Les cuento adem谩s, que aunque no alcanc茅 a tomarles foto, los dependientes de servicio estaban usando los sombreros t铆picos de nuestros campos.
The hall was prepared for more than 200 guests from the art world. The tables were covered with elegant orange tablecloths and the chairs with black "dresses". The cutlery set-up was simple. In the center of each table, in addition to a small clay pot, there was a plate with several portions of Cascorro peanuts, which is a delicious dessert that is popularly called this way because in that region of the country they made it in a masterful way.
El sal贸n qued贸 preparado para m谩s de 200 invitados del mundo del arte. Las mesas estaban cubiertas con elegantes manteles color naranja y las sillas con "vestidos" negros. La monta de cuberter铆a era sencilla. En el centro de cada una de estas, adem谩s de una peque帽a maceta de barro, hab铆a un plato de con varias raciones de man铆 de Cascorro, que es un delicioso postre que se nombra popularmente de esta forma porque en esa regi贸n del pa铆s lo elaboraban de forma magistral.
I observed every detail carefully: there was also a stage prepared for the presentation of several musical groups of high call, and even the instruments were colored with the colors of the national insignia.
Observ茅 cada detalle con detenimiento: hab铆a tambi茅n un escenario preparado para la presentaci贸n de varias agrupaciones musicales de alta convocatoria, y e incluso los instrumentos ten铆an matizados los colores de la insignia nacional.
One of the spaces that I liked the most is the corner I show you below, which although it did not have any design element in place for the celebration of the event, I felt that it is one of the most beautiful areas, and that it integrated perfectly. It has a gray lounge sofa in the shape of a letter L and a painting with the Cuban flag at different levels. The most spectacular thing: the view of the sea that can be enjoyed from there.
Uno de los espacios que m谩s me gust贸 es la esquina que les muestro a continuaci贸n, que aunque no ten铆a ning煤n elemento de dise帽o colocado por la celebraci贸n del evento, sent铆 que es una de las 谩reas m谩s lindas, y que se integraba perfectamente. Esta tiene un sof谩 lounge gris en forma de letra L y un cuadro con la bandera cubana a diferentes niveles. Lo m谩s espectacular: la vista al mar que se puede disfrutar desde ah铆.
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