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)
The cyclists started in the City of Guantanamo, as a preamble to the national event scheduled to take place from March 7-17 throughout Cuba. Speed and endurance were put into practice on Saturday, March 2, on a circuit of 60 kilometers (37 miles) traveled in the central streets of Guantanamo. Here are my pictures. (17 photos)
Here I go a little outside the norm, by showing a set of images of the widely photographed and very photogenic Havana Malecon seawall, with a more artistic perspective, which in turn has a documentary nature. (18 photos)
Dioblan Hernandez: “This began after I carried out a 10-year research project in Material Science, which involved using a material in the form of paints, which has another industrial use but has also been used for art. Great discoveries and efforts of many people throughout the history of humankind lie behind every color, every paint we use.” (20 photos)
I once showed a woman in Centro Havana a photo of a wall painting in Callejon de Hamel. She said, “Oh that’s not there anymore.”. She called to her friend and showed him the photo. They both remembered it and agreed it was gone. Painted over with something new. (19 photos)
Havana is celebrating the 2019 edition of its Book Fair (Feb. 7-17), opening its doors to the public at the La Cabana fortress, where young people find the perfect place to meet and have fun. For many, the books are a secondary matter, in part for economic reasons. (14 photos)
This is how the city of Guantanamo dawned early Thursday morning. Melodies performed by young people from the Vocational Art School provoked concentrations in front of the Casa de La Trova, the corner of love. (10 photos)
Havana’s Medieval Music Festival took place during the first 10 days of February. Here are some of the highlights from my going to some of the different events. (17 photos)
A week later the tornado hit several neighborhoods of the Cuban capital I returned to the municipalities of Regla and Guanabacoa, where I first took some images. The streets are now almost completely cleared of rubble and traces of landslides, allowing people to move about more easily. (15 photos)
Wind gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour wreaked havoc on Sunday night especially in several Havana municipalities including Regla, 10 de Octubre and Cerro, where walls collapsed, cars overturned and street lights were knocked over, reported dpa news. (37 photos)
