Cabildo Carabalí Olugo. Institution that represents traditional popular culture , as an important element of Cuban nationality and fundamentally in the Santiago de Cuba province
Summary
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- 1 History
- 1 Emergence
- 2 Godparents
- 2 Stages
- 1 First Stage
- 2 Second Stage
- 3 Sources
History
The African Cabildos have their origin in the Iberian Peninsula . These groups, in addition to the musical and dance activities that they carried out, were intended to help members, the sick and their families. (Contained in its regulations as Society for relief and mutual aid).
The Cabildo Carabalí Olugo and its presence in Santiago de Cuba, as a marginalized group in the social context of a prevailing culture of conquest, was only possible on the religious festivities of Three Kings Day ( January 6 ) and Santiago Apóstol ( 25 July , patron of the city. These days were allowed to go out and show their indissoluble ties to their land native.
Emergence
The literature oral alludes to this council has existed since 1877 , it also recognized on older songs, however, indicated in the record 1913 , 23:83 Docket NO. 7, Subject: Societies of Cabildos, Act of Organization, to the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo, as Society of Relief and Mutual Aid, Club Nuestra Señora del Carmen , today Provincial Archive Fund. Local historians argue that on Wednesday 10 October of l877 , in connection with the ninth anniversary of the Uprising of Demajagua , who began the War of 10 Years, was centrally commemorated by the Executive of the House of Representatives of the Republic in Arms, in a mass act (Soldiers of the Liberation Army , civil servants and peasants) in the Sierra Chiquita Camp , in Palo Seco, Las Tunas .
This same event was celebrated at the El Tablon Camp, San Luis Jurisdiction , of the Cuba Division of the Liberation Army, as in other places, but in this aforementioned, it is said that the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo acted for the first time.
Godparents
His godparents were Major Antonio Maceo Grajales and Brigadier Flor Crombet , Chief of the first Army Corps that comprised the Cuba , Guantanamo and Baracoa Divisions and the last head of the Cuba Division.
The original Carabalí Olugo decided that Major General Antonio Maceo Grajales would be the Honorary President, the Chief of the 1st Liberation Army Corps, which included the resignations of Cuba, Guantánamo and Baracoa, during the last stage of the Ten Years War before the signing of the Zanjón Pact .
The other dignity granted was to Brigadier Flor Crombet, head of the Cuban Resignation, signified by Carabalí Olugo as its Vice President of Honor.
This Carabalí Olugo was founded in the Mambí Tablon camp within the jurisdiction of San Luís and worked during the hours of Asueto (that is, hours of rest when they were not in combat) that the Spanish Army allowed it.
This explains why the founding of the council when he still had not finished the war which happened in June of 1878 .
In the city of Santiago de Cuba there were other carabalí whose members served as messengers to the Liberation Army, these carabalí was the source of the first musical instruments that Carabalí Olugo had in the Mambí camp.
Stages
First stage
The stage from the colonial and pseudo-republican years to self-dissolution, undoubtedly the one most demonstrated by researchers, is full of contradictory legends and distortions, accompanied by long gaps .
Since its colonial origin, this group has been characterized by developing a dramatic, collective dance , meticulously rehearsed, made up of characters allegorical to the Spanish Court, interpreting a chosen subject or theme all accompanied by instruments such as: Pilonera , Fondiadura , Repicador , Hierro , two, pairs of maids. There was also a Quitapesares that was a drum that remained hung as a representative element or emblem, which was only taken down by order of the President, to help the troupe, due to a sudden arrival of another and to provide a more original touch. It alludes to a mystical system that he himself enclosed.
The cabildo dance is usually in pairs, mainly to greet the “Court”. They use a touch of ceremonial Obia, in which respect for the “court hierarchy” is transmitted, there is also the rhythmic dance movement called “march or road” used in carnival parades, until today. After the war, Carabalí Olugo moved to the city of Santiago de Cuba and its first provisional location was on “La Marina” street, today “Aguilera”, then it was on “Jobito” street, then on San Jerónimo street and for The last one moved to Mejorana% San Carlos and Santa Rosa streets on December 21 , 1881 , from there it began to be called Carabalí Olugo de El Tivolí.
In this first stage, the olugueros were dedicated to pensioning the widows and orphans of those killed in combat by the Cuban Liberation Army, which seemed to be their main function. This carabalí like all the others, was secret until slavery was in force .
Slavery in Cuba was abolished in 1886 , on January 18 , 1887 ; The Captain General of Cuba established that the councils of nations should be registered in the Civil Registry of the Governments of the country and with it, the Law of Associations.
The 4 of April of 1888 was issued that each council should benefit from the orders established by current legislation then including the register at the church nearest which should transfer all their property in case of dissolution.
For its part, the Catholic Church required the nation councils that wanted to register in their minutes to adopt a Patron Saint for which they should be known from now on. The Cabildo Carabalí Olugo became associated with the church of Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados on September 26 , 1889 and adopted the name “Nuestra Señora del Carmen”. At that time this council was located in Princesa corner Callejón Santiago.
The Cabildo Carabalí Olugo was inactive between the years 1854 to 1899 , within that time the civil war broke out on February 24 , 1895, which ended up being the Spanish-Cuban-American War . Peace reformed in 1899, we find the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo in the “ El Tivolí ” neighborhood.
It is unknown why and how the Act of legislation of the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo of the time that was registered by mandate of the old Associations Law of 1887 disappeared from the Administrative Secretariat of the Eastern Provincial Government. And the directive was claimed of the council that they returned to do the steps to legislate otherwise they could not meet again.
Thanks to the 1901 carnival regulations issued by the then mayor of Santiago de Cuba Emilio Bacardí Moreau, all the cabildos and French Tombs legalized by the Old Law of Associations could participate as comparsas in the Carnival together with the real comparsas that already existed.
This explains why the 15 of August of 1913 the members of the council meeting constituted definitively left the group, of course with the name “Society Our Lady of the Carmen”.
Another record that is preserved is that of September 30, 1913, it is the “Act of organization of the Society”, where the names, surnames and signatures of the members of the board appear: on September 6 , 1940 the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo It was made up of 18 people, taking the agreement to dissolve. At this time its last headquarters was in Estrada Palma (Santo Tomás) # 708% San Basilio and Santa Lucía .
After a long crisis that this group had been suffering, it reorganized again after the Triumph of the Revolution .
Second stage
Stage of the Carnival of the Revolution.
For instance some members of the Cabildo Carabalí Isuama the Cabildo Carabalí Olugo reorganizes the 19 of November of 1961 with 31 people without seat and danced in the hall 4th Street and 3rd Street Cast Mariana de la Torre and board meetings in home of President Porfirio Soulary Laballe, located at Calle 8 and Pasillo de Silva # 8.
His first carnival at this stage was in 1962 . In 1963 , the Municipal Council of Culture decided not to award a prize to this group because it considered it traditional, like the Cabildo Carabalí Isuama and La Tahona de la Tumba Francesa .
It is necessary to highlight the instability of this Cabildo and its headquarters. As mentioned in the annexes, it changed its address, for multiple reasons; in the colony , due to harassment from the authorities, and their aggressive temper made them burn the first institution , close to the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, its Patron Saint, and from this moment, a whole transmigrate that even caused the loss of accessories , attributes, and other inherent elements and, in the revolutionary period, the systematization of departures on the July festival.
The concern of the Local Government when indicating, the current Focus-Headquarters, has granted it permanence, but the constructive, hygienic and environmental conditions are so unfavorable that they have affected the total deterioration of the heritage objects, such as: More original photos of the first generations, banners , lampposts , period costumes , which were exhibited, with the official inauguration of the Institution, in the 80s, where it is still located, apparently new and that soon, began to confront, partial deterioration, until closing its doors by guidance of the Higher Instance. Despite this, they did not lose their sense of belonging and organization, regrouping, in the neighboring area, the Paso Franco Cultural Center.
Currently, it works carrying out its corporate purpose, but under the same circumstances. In 1996 , he was presented with the Flag of the City, as a worthy tribute to his work, recognition granted by the Municipal People’s Power of the City of Santiago de Cuba.
In the year of 1998 , it was inserted in the carnival parades, as a centennial group, and this has been done systematically to date.
