Celebrating Cuban Culture in Dubai: Estrellas de Buena Vista Unites Latin American Nations
When Estrellas de Buena Vista y Más took the stage at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Wednesday, it felt like a homecoming in more ways than one.
For Cuban band leader Pancho Amat, the rustic swing of his tres guitar — the bright, double-stringed instrument at the heart of Cuban folk music — carries a lineage that stretches back to the ouds of medieval Andalusia. Those sounds once travelled across the Atlantic with Spanish ships, only to return centuries later through performances like this one in the Arab world.
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