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over when the band returned to Cuba. In 1962 Anacaona joined Cuba's
National Council of Culture (Consejo Nacional de la Cultura) and later became part of the Ignacio Piñeiro state enterprise for traditional music. Although internationally the band faded from view, it remained very popular in Cuba and the original line-up continued to play until 1989.
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The band was reorganized in 1989. The remaining five Castro sisters chose to leave the band, which is still active under the lead of
Georgia and Dora Aguirre, the band's bassists. Since 1991 Anacaona has recorded several CDs and performed in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Canada
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Performing as a show band that played Mambo, Cha-cha-chá and Latin Jazz, Anacaona toured through South
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Cuchito Castro to abandon her studies and her plan to start a dental practice. Instead, she chose a different career in 1932 by proposing a female septet to challenge the male-dominated
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