Category Archives: Cuba

Tres mulatas!

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  A few days ago, 17 of January, a three-story house collapsed in the area where these girls live. Havana is falling apart!

The Cuban Communist Party is gathering this weekend in Havana to talk about reforms,
ways to renew its aging leadership and the eventual separation between the party and the state!

More interesting information (for the spanish speaking) about the day-to-day life in the capital of Cuba is found in Generacion Y  by Yoani Sánchez.

“En las calles Infanta y Salud, un edificio de tres plantas no soportó más y se vino abajo en la noche del martes 17 de enero”

Más información interesante de la vida cotidiana en la capital Cubana: Generacion Y
by Yoani Sánchez

Turning the corner in Camaquey!

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  Parking myself patiently in a street corner in Camaquey, Cuba I managed to catch this young couple following them with my camera at 1/20 sek.

The sequence of totally 15 images is included in my 36 min long slide show about Cuba “From Cayo Hueso to Rio Miel“  from wich you can see some samples here

Cockfighting 2

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  Cock fighting is a serious activity in Cuba. Illegal, hidden away in the forest. The participants put their entire soul in the training of the combatants. Doping, money, violence and legendary fighting cock champions..    It´s a messy business.

Bareback at full speed!

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  I was lucky to meet Yaniel!  He is the kind of friend you need when you come to an unknown place . Born and raised in Viñales, Cuba. He knows the valley as good as his own pocket. Lots of adventures thanks to him.

Is Babalú Ayé listening?

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  At December 16–17 every year, thousands of Cubans of various religious beliefs make a pilgrimage to San Lazaro at Rincon in Santiago de las Vegas, some 30 km from Havana. They come to show penitence and pray for health and make other wishes.
Many crawl kilometers on their knees dragging stones as an extra proof of their devotion.
Some of the pilgrims worship  the orisha  Babalú Ayé,  “Father of the World”  the Santeria version of, San Lazaro.
This religios phenomenon is not seen with benevolent eyes from the Cuban government.
Plain clothes security police are heavily present.

My Cuban friend was taken apart and searched in a humiliating manner for walking with to foreigners active with cameras!

The Cuban religious passion, both santeria and catholic is growing as the revolutionary
enthusiasm has been going down for some time now!