Video of a Cuban boy singing “La niña de los hoyitos” has gone viral on social media.
The recording, in which a 10-year-old boy sings in the middle of the street, has been shared more than 3,000 times on Facebook in just over a month.
According to the user identified as Nair Marrero, the minor resides in the city of Camagüey, in the Polyservice area, near the vocational pre-university.
Facebook screenshot / Nair Marrero
“Please don’t ignore him, he’s a kid with a bright future, share until he gets into the hands of someone who is interested and wants to help him. Imagine he could be a relative of one of yours with a great talent to develop well. You know you can’t find a good path on the road and you can’t take advantage of such a beautiful voice,” he asked.
The unidentified boy performed one of the songs from the Mexican film “La niña de los hoyitos”, which hit Cuban cinemas in the 1980s with great public acclaim. The main role is played by the actor and singer Pedro Fernández, who was still a child at the time.
More than 400 people commented on the post, admiring the child’s fully innate vocal abilities and calling for his relatives to take him to cultural institutions in the area to nurture his talent.
One netizen assured that he was his neighbor and that he had told his father several times that he was taking him to a cultural center or art school, where they could appreciate the little one’s talent.
“It is necessary that they help him and bring up this broken voice in time, because then it would be a bit late and it could affect his vocal cords (…) I hope that some receptive ears from the sphere of the Ministry of Culture lets this great thing couldn’t escape the voice of this child prodigy, thank you,” he said.
A user revealed that the minor lives on Perucho Figueredo street between Capdevila and Joaquín de Agüero la Vigía.
“This boy sang for me at Camaguey International Airport and he sang me two Mexican songs. What a talent, I hope he achieved his goal because he has a great future,” said another.
Several people made suggestions to the parents, such as contacting the leader of the children’s theater group La Colmenita, the singer The goddess or the journalist Rosalía Arnáez, who runs a talent search program in the provinces at UNEAC.