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Smell of victory..

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and blood!  When these gentlemen understood that I was pointing the camera mostly towards them rather than focusing the fighting-cocks the mood changed and became quite aggressive.

I left without arguing. These games are illegal and I had been told that two policemen had been beaten to death a couple of months earlier at another cock-fight!

What`s going on?

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December 17. 2007 in Guanabacoa, Havana. Young member of the family looking with curiosity at the visitor who is pointing his camera trough the window towards the domino players in the back-yard.

Callejón de Hamel

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Sunday afternoons it´s possible to meet these ladies if you go to Callejón de Hamel. This alley in Havana is the place to be if you are the least interested in rumba or afro-cuban culture.

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Viñales, Cuba January 8. 2005. Yaniel holding and observing a “tomegin” bird. (Tiaris canora) A  species that is very common all over Cuba

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IMG_3602Yaniel with his precious rooster. He has been training it for months aspiring a victory at the cockfighting arena. Sadly the animal, if it survives, will not look so elegant after the battle!

Viñales, Cuba January 14. 2005

 

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