Teaching poetry in the cultural transmission of Araya: longings, memory and reflections of Alejandro “Capay” Millán

Abstract

This article is part of a series of three interviews conducted between December 2012 and February 2013 by two education students from the Department of Humanities and Education at the University of Oriente in Cumaná, Sucre State, as part of the Qualitative Research Seminar. These interviews reveal the facets of Alejandro “Capay” Millán, as he is colloquially known, specifically his roles as a poet, galeron singer, and cultural transmitter of the Araya Peninsula. The publication of these interviews serves as a posthumous tribute to a man who, in life, expressed his profound and sincere love for Araya, translating it into song, composition, and the teaching of his refined art.