Stories and Costumes in Havana

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Photo Feature by Elio Delgado Valdes

HAVANA TIMES — La Vitrina de Valonia is a cultural center of the Havana City Historian’s Office, which aims to promote Belgian culture and strengthen the bonds and cooperation between the European country and Cuba. The center has an active social program especially designed children, adolescents and youth.

elio-2Every Saturday during the summer, the program offered workshops, this time the theme was costume sleeves.  After the workshops, where they explained the basics of how to make a costume shirt with their accessories, a parade of characters took place, with awards for the best costumes.

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