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Spanish poet, novelist and musician Vicente Martinez Espinel (1551-1624) is credited for having revived and polished the décima, a poetic form made up of ten lines of eight syllables each that is known today as decima espinela. The décima jibara or Puerto Rican folk song can be traced down to this poetic tradition, wherein Spanish medieval and Moresque roots can also be found
This documentary portrays four renowned Puerto Rican decima troubadours as the come together to revive the Roundtable tradition and to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Don Quixote de la Mancha. While they sing other troubadours recount the history and explain the art of improvising décimas.
26 авг 2024