Punto cubano

Summary

Punto cubano is a Cuban sung-poetry practice in which musical accompaniment gives space to a décima: a stanza of ten eight-syllable lines with an established rhyme design. A performer may improvise or sing learned verses, alone or in exchange with another singer. The attraction is not only the tune but the intelligence of fitting an argument, joke, memory or emotional statement into a shared poetic form. It is both a musical tradition and an art of public verbal response.

Contemporary and trending

Punto remains active in community gatherings, cultural institutions, festivals, contests, radio-related repertory and teaching. Transmission through listening and imitation continues alongside workshops and organized instruction. It is associated strongly with rural Cuba but is not limited to farmers or to people living outside cities. A contemporary performance can address present concerns while retaining familiar melodic and poetic resources. Judging its life only by commercial album visibility would miss an art whose central achievement can be a verse created for a particular audience and moment.

History

The practice draws on Hispanic verse and plucked-string traditions transformed within Cuban social life. Rural gatherings and regional styles provided a setting in which singers could demonstrate memory, wit and improvisatory skill. Broadcasting and professional performance widened the audience, while cultural institutions later developed more formal teaching structures. These changes did not turn a single uniform rural practice into a national one overnight. Different local approaches and individual melodic choices remain part of the tradition, and its connections with wider Spanish-language décima cultures extend beyond Cuba.

Musical characteristics

The voice generally carries the poetic argument while guitar-family instruments provide introductions, interludes and harmonic support. In freer styles the singer can stretch the line, with accompaniment waiting or punctuating rather than forcing every syllable into an identical beat. More fixed approaches organize the relation differently. The listener can follow rhyme, cadence and response even before understanding every verbal reference. A successful improvised stanza must make musical and poetic sense together; technical rhyme without an expressive or timely idea is not the whole accomplishment.

Geography and communities

The map shows a broad western and central Cuban heartland and a linked eastern transmission field. This avoids treating each documented poet or cultural house as an isolated hotspot. A lighter South Florida field recognizes migrant practitioners and audiences. Rural spaces between towns are deliberately included because the tradition's social geography cannot be inferred from urban institutional addresses alone. The circles approximate continuity and transition; they do not define the boundaries of Spanish-language poetry or imply that every Cuban uses the same punto style.

Artists

Justo Vega, Adolfo Alfonso and Jesús Orta Ruiz, known as El Indio Naborí, offer different routes into the history of repentismo and sung décima. Celina González and Reutilio Domínguez help show how punto-associated materials also reached wider recorded audiences. Collective events and exchanges among poets are as significant as a single famous artist's discography. When listening, notice how an instrumental interlude gives the singer time, how a line arrives at its rhyme and how another participant can answer the idea rather than merely repeat the tune.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
traditional	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note	MuGlobe favorite	Current hit	Authentic
Raúl Herrera Pérez and Luis Martín Álvarez	Controversia — Décimas, controversias y tonadas	https://www.youtube.com/embed/RXzcuZ3OxVI	The source identifies a recorded exchange by two named repentistas from the 2003 collection. Alternating sung décimas provide a clear punto example; this is archival audio shared by a Canarian music-history channel.	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala and Luis Paz	Improvised performance — TEDxHabana	https://www.youtube.com/embed/O2jbNXQ_OXE	The event’s own film credits both repentistas in an alternating improvised performance, adding a documented stage presentation of sung verse; it includes the event introduction.	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Díaz y Luis Quintana 2026 Transmisión en Vivo	https://www.youtube.com/embed/RW5DKnfhYSs	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own 2026 transmission. Documented performance/session: 2026. Video publication: 2026-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own 2026 transmission. Documented performance/session: 2026.	false	false	false
Anabeivi Rodríguez; Alejandro Ceballos; Conjunto Palmas y Cañas	tema : controversia 🇨🇺 Anabeivi Rodríguez y Alejandro Ceballos & Conjunto Palmas y Cañas #poesia	https://www.youtube.com/embed/4JDBNXLtGQ8	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Conjunto Palmas y Cañas . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary ensemble identifies actual two improvisers and accompaniment. No exact performance date invented from July 2026 upload. Video publication: 2026-07-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Conjunto Palmas y Cañas . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary ensemble identifies actual two improvisers and accompaniment. No exact performance date invented from July 2026 upload.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Julio Pablo Travieso	Juan Antonio Díaz y Julio Pablo Travieso - Controversia 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/-qY8Bsj2G-c	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own explicitly named 2026 controversy. Documented performance/session: 2026. Video publication: 2026-06-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own explicitly named 2026 controversy. Documented performance/session: 2026.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Díaz y Luis Quintana en Quivicán 18 Diciembre 1999	https://www.youtube.com/embed/UIfOS0fkqPo	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Quivican performance, separate from 2026 publication. Documented performance/session: 1999-12-18. Video publication: 2026-05-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1999-12-18	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Quivican performance, separate from 2026 publication. Documented performance/session: 1999-12-18.	false	false	false
Yordanis Oliva; Luis Quintana	Yordanis Oliva y Luis Quintana / Décima y Guateque (Las Viñas BBQ2 04/20/2026)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1fisBOCDYY	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete Las Vinas BBQ2 canturia about time. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-20. Video publication: 2026-04-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-04-20	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete Las Vinas BBQ2 canturia about time. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-20.	false	false	false
Irán Caballero; Luis Quintana	Iran Caballero y Luis Quintana / Décima y Guateque ( El Trovador Stakehouse 04/12/2026)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/tfHJoCih3M0	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own El Trovador Steakhouse performance commemorating Pereira; commemorated master is not an extra current singer. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-12. Video publication: 2026-04-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-04-12	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own El Trovador Steakhouse performance commemorating Pereira; commemorated master is not an extra current singer. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-12.	false	false	false
Yordanis Oliva; Luis Quintana	Yordanis Oliva y Luis Quintana / Décima y Guateque (Las Viñas BBQ2 03/22/2026)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/uxXb6dB16pU	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete Las Vinas BBQ2 controversy, separate from the same-day Juan Antonio/Iran duet on another topic. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-22. Video publication: 2026-03-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-03-22	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete Las Vinas BBQ2 controversy, separate from the same-day Juan Antonio/Iran duet on another topic. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-22.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Irán Caballero	Juan Antonio Díaz e Irán Caballero / Décima y Guateque (Las Viñas BBQ2 03/22/2026)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/RaMcf1RSZiU	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Las Vinas BBQ2 controversy about the guayabera, different duet and work from the selected Yordanis/Luis performance. Neither source is a full overlapping parent programme. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-22. Video publication: 2026-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-03-22	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Quintana - Décima y Guateque. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Las Vinas BBQ2 controversy about the guayabera, different duet and work from the selected Yordanis/Luis performance. Neither source is a full overlapping parent programme. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-22.	false	false	false
Omar Mirabal; Irán Caballero	Omar Mirabal e Irán Caballero - Triunvirato	https://www.youtube.com/embed/9JCaqkOEqXI	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Triunvirato musical performance, actual named duet; uploader Juan Antonio Diaz is not automatically an additional singer. Video publication: 2026-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Triunvirato musical performance, actual named duet; uploader Juan Antonio Diaz is not automatically an additional singer.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Yoslay García	Juan Antonio Diaz y Yoslay Garcia - Guateque en Miami	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IakBfa_hkuc	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Miami guateque. Video publication: 2026-03-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Miami guateque.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Díaz y Luis Quintana Restaurant de Regino	https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6mXnEqpkEc	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Restaurant de Regino musical programme. Video publication: 2026-03-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Restaurant de Regino musical programme.	false	false	false
Justo Vega; Adolfo Alfonso	⭐ TEN CUIDADO CONMIGO ⚡ Justo Vega vs Adolfo Alfonso | Punto Cubano Histórico	https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQmtlyZAqVE	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: CUBA Lost & Found - Envidia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master. Video publication: 2026-02-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: CUBA Lost & Found - Envidia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Díaz y Luis Quintana Transmisión en Vivo 8 Febrero 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/YCbRbTNVCQ0	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete transmission. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-08. Video publication: 2026-02-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-02-08	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own complete transmission. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-08.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Diaz y Luis Quintana - Transmisión en vivo - 2 Noviembre 2025 Miami, Florida	https://www.youtube.com/embed/wAtrNt5w_38	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own full Miami transmission. Documented performance/session: 2025-11-02. Video publication: 2025-11-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2025-11-02	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own full Miami transmission. Documented performance/session: 2025-11-02.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Luis Quintana	Juan Antonio Díaz y Luis Quintana - Guines 7 Febrero 1999	https://www.youtube.com/embed/kO1lsDL2evg	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Guines performance. Documented performance/session: 1999-02-07. Video publication: 2025-10-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1999-02-07	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Guines performance. Documented performance/session: 1999-02-07.	false	false	false
Enrique Paz; Sergio Lima	El mejor poeta de Cuba en su revancha | Enrique Paz y Sergio Lima | Melena del Sur 🧜‍♀️	https://www.youtube.com/embed/53METrytHRA	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Trova PR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Melena del Sur musical controversy; no ranking claim adopted from promotional title. Video publication: 2025-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Trova PR. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Melena del Sur musical controversy; no ranking claim adopted from promotional title.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Julito Martínez	Juan Antonio Díaz y Julito Martínez - Casa de los Jimaguas	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajCJPoN9VJ8	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Casa de los Jimaguas controversy. Video publication: 2025-08-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Casa de los Jimaguas controversy.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Yoslay García	Juan Antonio Díaz y Yoslay García - Dia de las Madres 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/sRHHrEpl2HA	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Mother’s Day 2025 musical programme. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-05-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2025	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Mother’s Day 2025 musical programme. Documented performance/session: 2025.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Alexis Díaz-Pimienta	Juan Antonio Díaz y Alexis Díaz Pimienta - Madruga	https://www.youtube.com/embed/2khHiHFcjLA	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Named Madruga controversy, actual interpreters not publisher as singer. Video publication: 2025-04-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Named Madruga controversy, actual interpreters not publisher as singer.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Oniesis Gil	Juan Antonio Díaz y Oniesis Gil - Cabaiguan - 2011	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fdzbh8CEvek	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Cabaiguan performance. Documented performance/session: 2011. Video publication: 2025-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2011	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of Cabaiguan performance. Documented performance/session: 2011.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Omar Mirabal	Juan Antonio Díaz y Omar Mirabal | La Madre | Güines, 6 Octubre 1996	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzhzCOKj7k4	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of La Madre, Guines. Documented performance/session: 1996-10-06. Video publication: 2024-11-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1996-10-06	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own archive of La Madre, Guines. Documented performance/session: 1996-10-06.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Leandro Camargo	[VIDEO] Juan Antonio Díaz y Leandro Camargo | Herradura | Casa de Coca 🏡 2023 |	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wCLvLi7To8	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Casa de Coca/Herradura performance. Documented performance/session: 2023. Video publication: 2023-08-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Juan Antonio Díaz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Own Casa de Coca/Herradura performance. Documented performance/session: 2023.	false	false	false
Yeni González; Fernando Murga (Murguita)	PALMAS Y CAÑAS. YENI GONZALEZ (la avispita de mayabeque Y FERNANDO MURGA "murguita" .19-03-2023	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8wDW9fRyGbw	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano murguita. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Palmas y Canas programme. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-19. Video publication: 2023-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023-03-19	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano murguita. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Palmas y Canas programme. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-19.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala; Raúl Herrera; Fernando Murga (lute); José Luis Martín Teixé (guitar)	Festival de Punto Cubano de Tijarafe 1996	https://www.youtube.com/embed/SQygS3UxpIM	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Heradio Publicaciones. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary programme identifies all actual performers and roles at Tijarafe festival. Documented performance/session: 1996-09-02. Video publication: 2022-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1996-09-02	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Heradio Publicaciones. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary programme identifies all actual performers and roles at Tijarafe festival. Documented performance/session: 1996-09-02.	false	false	false
Lili Samaniego; Edy Cárdenas	Verso de Amor. Lili Samaniego y Edy Cárdenas. Guajiro Cubano. Fiesta en el Jorón Macaraqueño.	https://www.youtube.com/embed/EBKgw3EnY_M	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Lili Samaniego Oficial. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary artist identifies the particular Guajiro Cubano rendition at Joron Macaraqueno. Panama’s distinct mejorana/cantadera traditions are not assigned wholesale. Video publication: 2022-08-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Panama	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Lili Samaniego Oficial. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary artist identifies the particular Guajiro Cubano rendition at Joron Macaraqueno. Panama’s distinct mejorana/cantadera traditions are not assigned wholesale.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Tomasita Quiala	Emiliano and Tomasita in Medellín (2008)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_Cf1xNluZA	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Cultura Trova. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Feria de las Flores, Medellin. Actual Cuban musical practice at a Colombian event; no inference that all Colombian trova is punto. Documented performance/session: 2008. Video publication: 2020-10-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2008	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Colombia	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Cultura Trova. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Feria de las Flores, Medellin. Actual Cuban musical practice at a Colombian event; no inference that all Colombian trova is punto. Documented performance/session: 2008.	false	false	false
Justo Vega; Adolfo Alfonso	Justo Vega y Adolfo Alfonso - La Ultima Controversia	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPjXcxG-BqM	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: La Casa Del Rítmo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master. Video publication: 2020-09-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: La Casa Del Rítmo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master.	false	false	false
Justo Vega; Adolfo Alfonso	CONTROVERSIA CAMPESINA ENTRE JUSTO VEGA Y ADOLFO ALFONSO.	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ED6on1IMexg	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: VeraCuba T vé.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master. Video publication: 2020-07-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: VeraCuba T vé.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Historical archive retained alongside current work. No invented new 2026 session or automatically repeated Ten Cuidado Conmigo master.	false	false	false
Baldomero Lorenzo; Severo Cruz	Punto Cubano - Controversia entre Baldomero Lorenzo y Severo Cruz.	https://www.youtube.com/embed/PNNTKBpn3OI	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Historia y Música de Canarias. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary archive identifies two actual Tijarafe verseadores and recording at Bodega de Berto Diaz. Venue owner is not invented musician. Documented performance/session: 1997-08-27. Video publication: 2020-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1997-08-27	live	unknown	country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Historia y Música de Canarias. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary archive identifies two actual Tijarafe verseadores and recording at Bodega de Berto Diaz. Venue owner is not invented musician. Documented performance/session: 1997-08-27.	false	false	false
Alexis Díaz-Pimienta; Emiliano Sardiñas	Alexis Díaz-Pimienta vs. Emiliano Sardiñas - Part One	https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkidefvTJ08	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Alexis Díaz-Pimienta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary artist identifies Las Tunas, 2005. First complete controversy passage retained once; second-part alternate is not counted as a second full programme. Documented performance/session: 2005. Video publication: 2020-04-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2005	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Alexis Díaz-Pimienta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Primary artist identifies Las Tunas, 2005. First complete controversy passage retained once; second-part alternate is not counted as a second full programme. Documented performance/session: 2005.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Omar Barrera	Canturía 1 - Controversia entre Emiliano Sardiñas y Omar Barrera	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Y4xo3q6lyY	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: LaCaballería. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Complete controversy at Alberto Marin’s eightieth birthday; honoree is not an additional singer. Video publication: 2020-04-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: LaCaballería. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Complete controversy at Alberto Marin’s eightieth birthday; honoree is not an additional singer.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Yordan Quintero (Yayito)	Punto Cubano Controversia Emiliano Sardiñas vs Yordan Quintero Yayito Carnaval Chambas 2012	https://www.youtube.com/embed/H7TZCZxBbSI	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: CHECHE HIPOLITO MARTINEZ CANTO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Carnaval Chambas gala, actual 2012 performance per caption. Documented performance/session: 2012. Video publication: 2019-12-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: CHECHE HIPOLITO MARTINEZ CANTO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Carnaval Chambas gala, actual 2012 performance per caption. Documented performance/session: 2012.	false	false	false
Adolfo Alfonso; Ángel Valiente	Adolfo Alfonso Y Angel Valiente - Controversias Entre Presente Y Pasado	https://www.youtube.com/embed/EVQUSw4HRTk	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: La Quinta De Beethoven. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific historical Presente y Pasado controversy; no invented contemporary session. Video publication: 2018-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: La Quinta De Beethoven. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific historical Presente y Pasado controversy; no invented contemporary session.	false	false	false
Fernando Murga (Murguita); Adolfo Alfonso; Emiliano Sardiñas	Palmas y cañas controversia MURGUITA, , Adolfo y Emiliano	https://www.youtube.com/embed/OaHn7uEyfzw	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific Palmas y Canas controversy, three named actual interpreters. Video publication: 2018-05-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific Palmas y Canas controversy, three named actual interpreters.	false	false	false
Adolfo Alfonso; Fernando Murga (Murguita)	Controvesia 1- Adolfo Alfonso y Fernando Murga "MURGUITA"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/1SdcGOmUkG8	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Source identifies actual Canary Islands 1995 session. Documented performance/session: 1995. Video publication: 2018-03-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1995	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Source identifies actual Canary Islands 1995 session. Documented performance/session: 1995.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala	1998ko Bertsoaroako saioan, Tomasita Quiala errepentista	https://www.youtube.com/embed/vKCg_2-MUdw	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Mintzola Ahozko Lantegia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Cuban repentista at Bertsoaroa in Irunea, a cross-tradition event rather than blanket reclassification of Basque bertsolaritza. Documented performance/session: 1998-10-15. Video publication: 2017-10-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1998-10-15	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Mintzola Ahozko Lantegia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Cuban repentista at Bertsoaroa in Irunea, a cross-tradition event rather than blanket reclassification of Basque bertsolaritza. Documented performance/session: 1998-10-15.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala; Luis Paz (Papillo)	Tomasita Quiala y Papillo Semana del trovador	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZBunRWhSd2M	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Kenty Colon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Separate Semana del Trovador performance; not assigned Casablanca’s date without evidence. Video publication: 2017-09-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Kenty Colon. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Separate Semana del Trovador performance; not assigned Casablanca’s date without evidence.	false	false	false
Juan Antonio Díaz; Yoslay García	Impresionante Controversia, Profunda, Sentida, de Alto Vuelo Poético y Humano. Grandes Poetas!	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ivM5wM6VHsc	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Ruben Aguiar Muñoz | CUBA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Full caption resolves unnamed title to the actual two singers, not recordist Ruben Aguiar. Video publication: 2017-08-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Ruben Aguiar Muñoz | CUBA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Full caption resolves unnamed title to the actual two singers, not recordist Ruben Aguiar.	false	false	false
Luis Quintana; Oniesis Gil	Espectacular Controversia entre Luisito Quintana y Oniesis Gil . Decima Cubana	https://www.youtube.com/embed/yfoeXTl0pZc	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Ruben Aguiar Muñoz | CUBA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Source explicitly identifies the actual two repentistas and their respective Matanzas and Pinar del Rio practice. Video publication: 2017-08-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Ruben Aguiar Muñoz | CUBA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Source explicitly identifies the actual two repentistas and their respective Matanzas and Pinar del Rio practice.	false	false	false
El Jilguero; Martica; Jilguerito; María del Carmen; Prieto; Fernando Murga (Murguita)	Palmas y cañas Fernando Murga Murguita	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ENxY3DZs0Yg	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific Palmas y Canas 2008 musical programme. Caption names participants; no invented full legal names. Documented performance/session: 2008. Video publication: 2017-07-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2008	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: puntocubano guajiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Specific Palmas y Canas 2008 musical programme. Caption names participants; no invented full legal names. Documented performance/session: 2008.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Alberto Rojas	EMILIANO SARDIÑAS Y ALBERTO ROJAS. CUBA. CON " PUNTOS CUBANOS "	https://www.youtube.com/embed/gXC7UNmxUz8	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: MANUEL BASSO LORENZO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Verseando con Ingenio, January 2017, Canary Islands. Documented performance/session: 2017-01. Video publication: 2017-01-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2017-01	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: MANUEL BASSO LORENZO. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Verseando con Ingenio, January 2017, Canary Islands. Documented performance/session: 2017-01.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas	Emiliano Sardiñas en Valle Nuevo por San José de Ocoa 1	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypEsnVNnq7Q	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Carvajal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Valle Nuevo community encounter with environmental commission in Dominican Republic. Institutional context does not make the musical performance a lesson. Video publication: 2016-11-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Dominican Republic	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Luis Carvajal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Valle Nuevo community encounter with environmental commission in Dominican Republic. Institutional context does not make the musical performance a lesson.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Kamal González	Controversia Emiliano Sardiña y Kamal Gonzalez	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8G2ee4fHL0E	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Kamal Gonzalez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Kamal explicitly identifies singing in Emiliano’s punto-cubano tonada; Mexican interpreter not confused with composer or recordist. Video publication: 2015-07-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Mexico	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Kamal Gonzalez. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Kamal explicitly identifies singing in Emiliano’s punto-cubano tonada; Mexican interpreter not confused with composer or recordist.	false	false	false
Jesús Tuto García; Yoslay García	Tira-tira caliente	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CXMiAsqkgeM	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Canal Oralitura. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Full source resolves the generic title Tira-tira Caliente to actual singers. Video publication: 2015-06-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Canal Oralitura. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Full source resolves the generic title Tira-tira Caliente to actual singers.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala; Luis Paz (Papillo)	Tomasita y Papillo en el Encuentro Internacional de Payadores de Casablanca	https://www.youtube.com/embed/B2rX0QNCHw0	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: El Natre Cultural. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Casablanca payadores encounter, February 2015, per full caption. Documented performance/session: 2015-02. Video publication: 2015-03-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2015-02	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Chile	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: El Natre Cultural. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Casablanca payadores encounter, February 2015, per full caption. Documented performance/session: 2015-02.	false	false	false
Albertico; Aramis	Controversy between Albertico and Aramis. Peasant Program 2	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Bm2782Elx4	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: radiocfg. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual identified Radio Cienfuegos musical controversy. No invented surnames where source gives stage names only. Video publication: 2014-11-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: radiocfg. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual identified Radio Cienfuegos musical controversy. No invented surnames where source gives stage names only.	false	false	false
Emiliano Sardiñas; Alberto Rojas	Decimas del cubano Emiliano Sardiñas	https://www.youtube.com/embed/h82Td_ZAtNA	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: ptconsul. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Birthday musical performance; source identifies actual guitarist. Honoree and publishing consul are not musicians by assumption. Video publication: 2013-05-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: ptconsul. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Birthday musical performance; source identifies actual guitarist. Honoree and publishing consul are not musicians by assumption.	false	false	false
Tomasita Quiala; Mariela Acevedo	Contrapunto de Mariela Acevedo con Tomasita Quiala	https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFiXR79vm80	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Humberto Olea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual impromptu Cuban/Uruguayan contrapunto at Casablanca payadores encounter, distinct cross-tradition performance. Documented performance/session: 2013. Video publication: 2013-04-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2013	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Uruguay; country:Chile	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: Humberto Olea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual impromptu Cuban/Uruguayan contrapunto at Casablanca payadores encounter, distinct cross-tradition performance. Documented performance/session: 2013.	false	false	false
Yeray Rodríguez; Emiliano Sardiñas	Punto cubano desde canarias	https://www.youtube.com/embed/-4fpHa6Vnvk	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: breodan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Tenderete punto collaboration in Canary Islands, not all Spanish improvised verse classified as Cuban punto. Video publication: 2007-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Cuba; country:Spain	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Punto cubano musical recording. Source: breodan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual sung punto/repentista performance with the named interpreters. A complete controversy or programme counts once; upload date is separate from an unknown original session. Actual Tenderete punto collaboration in Canary Islands, not all Spanish improvised verse classified as Cuban punto.	false	false	false

Related genres

Guajira cubana overlaps rural identity and repertory but is not synonymous with improvised décima. Trova cubana shares singer-centered expression while working through different song conventions. Other traditions of décima and improvised verse across the Spanish-speaking world are relevant comparisons, not interchangeable labels. Punto's own diversity also matters: free and fixed approaches can create different relations between poetic timing and instrumental pulse without requiring separate cultural territories for every technical distinction.

Hotspot mushrooms

Punto's rural–urban poetic network is regionally continuous across Cuba, strongest in western/central landscapes, with a meaningful migrant extension. Institutions indicate transmission, not isolated pockets excluding surrounding countryside.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
punto-cubano-western-central	Western and central Cuban punto and repentismo landscape	22.5	-81.1	560	1	Connects rural bearers, towns, broadcasting and teaching networks.
punto-cubano-eastern-transmission	Eastern Cuban sung-décima transmission landscape	20.9	-76.5	400	0.75	Represents connected regional practice beyond the western heartland.
punto-cubano-south-florida	South Florida Cuban sung-poetry communities	25.8	-80.3	160	0.45	Detached migrant performance and listening circuit.