Ethno Cuba » 2010 » December. The scene was pretty far removed from the tropical heat and crowds that marked my one trip to Rincon, outside Havana, on the pilgrimage for Babalu Aye in 1993.
My journey on a freezing New York night, 17 years later (appropriate since Babalu Aye’s date is the 17th), took me through one of the many still-industrial zones of the Bronx, along the heavily potholed service road that tunnels underneath the Bruckner Expressway, turning onto Westchester Avenue, crowded with discount footwear stores, hair and nail salons and bodegas underneath the elevated train tracks, and then onto a small, nondescript street that veered off on an angle past a few more barely-solvent corner groceries. El Fogon, a newly established cultural center and bar in a section of the Bronx sorely lacking in such facilities, was sponsoring a “Feast Day for Babalu Aye” organized by well-known (at least in some circles) Cuban dance teacher and folkloric performer Felix “Pupy” Insua. This in itself was not so unusual. Schoolgirls playing in Baracoa Bay and El Yunque. Oye Cuba - Trinidad, 2013. Photo by Alejandro Santiago. ...
Havana - 1999-2002 - Michael Eastman. Havana - 2014 - Michael Eastman. Havana - 2010 - Michael Eastman. And Back To Cuba. About a year ago I posted some pictures by Michael Eastman taken in Cuba and I re-visited his site the other day and was delighted to find he had been back.
Timeless interiors. The Green Interiors of Cuba. I think there's a lot to be said for Cuba having left their interiors alone for so many years.
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Cuba. Ordinarily, photographing the Cuban military is prohibited, and just might land you and/or your camera in a Cuban military hoosegow.
But Primero de Mayo (May 1) is Cuba’s version of Labor Day, and there’s a huge parade/march through Revolution Square in Havana with lots of military groups. Apparently, all bets were off on that no-photography rule during the parade. Last week, I made my second trip to Cuba. A happy coincidence of timing put me right in the middle – literally — of the May Day parade. The whole thing is fully orchestrated, with (according to press reports) about 400 thousand marchers and with Castro’s government handing out the various flags and banners each group of workers will carry. We arrived at dawn – jumping out of our cabs near the back of the parade staging area. Thousands of Cuban soldiers participated. At one point I was walking backward, taking pictures of a group of 100 or so young soldiers walking along behind me. Coisas de Terê. Photo by kristijanilicic. Cleanse Thy Soul.
Sleep, old havana. Havana, sunset. Alors on danse. Cuba's Santeria Faithful Ask For Prosperous 2014 (PHOTOS) Wonder/Lust. Bridge(t)toSomewhere, More pictures from the Oct 23rd Rumba. Santeria tree shrine. Secret Diatribe (Cuban Santeria) The cuban travel — Santeria Santiago de Cuba, may 2012.