Culture

Jandir Rodriguez, Troubadour of Nicaragua’s Civic Rebellion

Jandir Rodriguez, author of the song “Heroes of April,” has been told that his songs will not change the reality of the country.  But he has always believed that music “can transform society.” Along with his guitar, he has focused all his musical production to sing to young people killed by repression, to the mothers and to those exiled.

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Havana Drum Fest in 24 Pictures

Rumba is considered the quintessential genre of Cuban secular music and dance. For many Cubans, rumba represents an entire way of life and professional rumberos have called it a national sport, as important as baseball.  (24 photos)

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Sacred Zone Exhibition at the Collage Havana Gallery

Located on Havana’s centrally-located San Rafael Boulevard, Collage Habana gallery is kicking off March with the solo exhibition “Zona sagrada” (Sacred Zone) by the young visual artist Luis Enrique Milan Boza. Luis Enrique has chosen to put his viewers in front of what is sacred and religious in different universal cultures. He has taken sculpture and drawing as the mediums for his thesis, showing sacred and religious environments through a gaze that goes beyond conceptual art. (11 photos)

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Havana Times 2019 Photo Contest Notice

Our 2019 Cuba Photo Contest is now officially open for sending in your entries. The 2018 contest brought together entries from 109 amateur and professional photographers. Now, we are happy to announce the 11th edition of the event.

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Independent Project Promotes Art Brut in Cuba

Promoting works under the concept “Art Brut”, Riera Studio’s independent project seeks to encourage the creation and study of an art expression in Cuba that still faces reluctance, the artists which are normally ignored because they have no formal education in the arts.

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