Wilber, de 75 años, forma parte de un trío musical que lleva más de 30 años tocando en el malecón de La Habana para subsistir.
🎤 “Nuestro trabajo es luchar la vida”, asegura Wilber, quien junto a sus colegas, sobrevive gracias a la música.
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🎤 “Nuestro trabajo es luchar la vida”, asegura Wilber, quien junto a sus colegas, sobrevive gracias a la música.
#SOSCuba 🇨🇺 #MúsicaCubana 🎶 #CubaEnCrisis #HistoriasDeCuba #ADNCuba #CulturaCubana
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00:30How many years have you been singing this music?
00:49Since we were born.
00:51Since you were born?
00:53We have been together for more than 30 years.
00:55Together?
00:56Together.
00:56We have been working here in the Malecón de Havana.
01:01Trio?
01:03What is the name of the trio?
01:05The trio is called Los Buscan.
01:07Los Buscan?
01:09Come here, I have a question.
01:11Have you had a repertoire in other provinces, other municipalities?
01:13Yes, of course.
01:15All of Cuba.
01:17All of Cuba.
01:19What province are you from?
01:21This trio is called...
01:23Let's give it a name.
01:26Let's give it a name right now.
01:28Legendary Havana.
01:30Legendary Havana.
01:32This trio is called Legendary Havana.
01:34In the 4, we have Sandy.
01:38In the bongo, we have Machaca.
01:40Machaca?
01:42Machaca Uno.
01:44Who speaks a thousand loves to you.
01:46Daughter of a dog.
01:48And you come here and survive?
01:50Do you make the equipment yourselves?
01:52We do it ourselves.
01:54How do you make the equipment?
01:56How much does it cost?
01:58According to the equipment,
02:00if the rope breaks,
02:02I have to buy a rope
02:04that costs 1,500 pesos.
02:06Wait here.
02:08And you?
02:10Wait here.
02:12Go, go, go.
02:18And you?
02:20How do you solve the problem?
02:23So that it doesn't break.
02:25So that it doesn't break.
02:33What's your name?
02:35Anselmo Morales.
02:37My name is Machaca.
02:39Because I made the plate with my feet.
02:41And you fell on the plate.
02:43I fell on the plate on my head.
02:45And you still haven't fallen.
02:47And you, sir?
02:49Well, I'm 75 years old.
02:51My job is to fight for life
02:53here in the malecón of Havana
02:55where Havana is complete.
02:57So that
02:59I can survive.
03:01And survive.
03:03Because
03:05I learned to fight here in the malecón
03:07with my partner
03:09and the other partner
03:11who are May de Invierno
03:13and Pepe Morita.
03:15May de Invierno?
03:17Are you May de Invierno?
03:20Well, I'm May de Invierno
03:22because I've been here since I was 5 years old.
03:24No, I just clean my head because I need to.
03:26Reporting for ADN Cuba.
03:28What's your name?
03:30Alexander Cosmes Silvera.
03:32And you?
03:34Carlos Milanés Julio Cesar Góngora.
03:36Look, in family it's how they deal
03:38with the way to survive, to survive
03:40and to move forward.
03:42Because there is no institution or organization
03:44that gives them the documentation
03:46to be professional.