Poetry
En la fiesta de la raza
Not translated into English
Guillermo Molinas Rolón · 1913
Synopsis
The poet addresses the poets of the Spains and the Americas and entrusts them with a message: the soul of his lineage turned to lace, the ñandutí, the scent of the native forests. He recalls the ancient peoples of the continent, Mayas, Aztecs, Chibchas, Incas, Araucanians, then Guarania, the promised region, a land of dreams and life. He tells its legends: the seer Tamandaré above the lake, the muã tracing its spiral of light, the Pombero to whom a cigar is left, the Kurupí who protects betrothed women, and the moon Jasy.
Context
The poem appeared in March 1913 in the journal Crónica, which its author had just founded with Leopoldo Centurión, Pablo Max Ynsfrán and Roque Capece Faraone. It bears the mark of the modernism of Leopoldo Lugones and Julio Herrera y Reissig. Shortly after the birth of his new rhythm, in 1925, the composer José Asunción Flores looked for a name for it and took it from the first line of the fifth stanza after speaking about it with his Spanish teacher, Delfín Chamorro. The author had long since left literary life.
Who it is for
A poem in rhymed alexandrines, in Spanish, rich in Guarani words; the ñandutí is a Paraguayan lace, and the Pombero and the Kurupí are spirits of the countryside.
Prizes and reception
Cited by the Paraguayan press as the text in which José Asunción Flores found the word guarania.
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