The tribute to Cuban singer-songwriter Benny Moré on the 107th anniversary of his birth serves as the backdrop today in Cienfuegos province for the final day of the 18th edition of Timbalaye: The Rumba Route, dedicated to maroonage as living memory and a symbol of resistance, dignity, and Afro-descendant identity.

In the municipality of Santa Isabel de las Lajas, the birthplace of the Bárbaro del Ritmo, multiple cultural activities will take place with the participating groups in this event, including Rumbalay, Obbá Ilú, Obinisa Ashé, and Perla del Caribe.

The traditional pilgrimage of the people of Lajas to their most illustrious son will reach the tomb of the Sonero Mayor at the local cemetery, where songs that brought national and international fame to the Cienfuegos-born singer, born on August 24, 1919, will be performed.

The celebrations will then continue at the Cabildo de los Congos, where Benny Moré learned to play and dance the rhythm of the Makuta, surrounded by family and friends who defended the African traditions of their ancestors brought from Africa through the ignominious slave trade.

Timbalaye concludes in Cienfuegos after four days full of syncretism, roots, and culture, under the motto: "We are all cimarrones and rumberos," with red as the thematic color expressing strength and spirituality.