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CUBA
A PHOTO ESSAY
by Morris Bibliowicz
SUMMER 2004
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
•Varadero
•Trinidad
CCSF Group Visits Havana, San Antonio de los Baños, Pinar
del Rio, Matanzas, Varadero, Trinidad and Cienfuegos.
Landing in Cuba
La Havana First Impressions
La Havana Vieja
Rooftops
View from Palacio O’ Farrill Hotel
Palacio O’Farrill Hotel
Water delivered by truck to residents due to
drought
1937 replica of Spanish castle used as
police station, La Havana Vieja
La Havana Vieja Unesco Recognized Site
Ample restoration work is under progress headed by the office of the
Historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal. Plaza Vieja one of several plazas
in Havana Vieja has been nearly completed
Restoration
work being
done at
Palacio de las
Ursulinas
Streets of Old Havana
La Bodeguita del Medio
One of Hemingway's’ old Hangouts
Entrance to a church, La Havana
Dancing at Plaza de la Catedral
Enrique Saya delivers a lecture to CCSF group about El Son Cubano
and the History of Cuban Music. Professor Greg Landau translates.
CCSF group visits ICAIC, the Cuban film institute. Alex Fleites delivers a
lecture on the history of Cuban film, assisted by Dagmara who translated for
Alex. The lecture was followed by a screening of the award winning Cuban film
Strawberries and Chocolate (Director: Tomas Gutierrez Zalea)
CCSF visits the Havana cementery. Ada Villavicencio y Torre who
formerly worked at the cementery poses for the camera
Roberto Surralo (right) and Alex Busides (left), vice presidents of UNEAC
(Cuban writers association) deliver a lecture to CCSF group. UNEAC
promotes literature in Cuba and has 2800 members. Professor Landau
(center) translates for the group.
Hotel Nacional, Havana Icon
CCSF Group Visits Barrio Chino
Dónde vas con mantón de Manila,
Dónde vas con vestido chinés,
Voy al parque a bailar la verbena
Y a meterme a la cama después.
Vieja habanera
Casa de las Americas
CCSF group
attends a
lecture on
types of
Cuban music
at Casa de
las Americas
Generos de
de la musica
cubana
Professor
Landau
translates for
the group
El TRES
Pivotal instrument of Cuban music
MÚsica Campesina
Troba Cubana
Son
Rumba …
Bolero
Charanga
Salsa
GuaguancÓ
CanciÓn Proteta
Rap Cubano
ReguetÓn
Pop
Estrellas Cubanas
Troba sin Traba
A series of
concerts
sponsored by
UNEAC ( UniÓn
de Escritores y
Artistas de Cuba)
This group
“Estrellas de
Cuba” has
been playing
for 45 years.
Before the concert starts, UNEAC opens
a space to young and upcoming artist. In
this picture Mayansa sings for the public
The entrance
to the house
where the
concert took
place
CCSF Visits FundaciÓn
Fernando Ortiz
• Founder and well
known author Miguel
Barnet Lanza
delivers a lecture on
Afro-Cuban
religions, syncretism
and transculturation.
• Greg Landau
translates for the
group. To the right of
Barnet, one of his
students who has
studied extensively
the Arab influence in
Cuba, hence his
nickname “Arabe”
Callejón de Hamel
Callejón de Hamel
A side street in Havana
painted by Salvador
Gonzalez where the
painter promotes and
sells his paintings
Museo de la Revolución
Painting above the entrance door of the museum. This is a world class fine
arts museum where a visitor can get lost for days. Our group was fortunate
to have a marvelously knowledgeable guide who walked us through several
periods of Cuban painting. A highlight of the trip.
Visit to Guanabacoa
A
museum
dedicated
to AfroCuban
Culture
with
emphasis
on
Santeria
Havana Quinta Avenida
This part of
Havana is
where
embassies
and foreign
companies
locate.
La Havana, Rio Almendares
El Faro del Morro, El MalecÓn
Visit to San Antonio de los Baños
Rio Ariuanao
Our bus driver Rene, improvises with a local group playing drums
and percussion on the streets of San Antonio de los Baños
CCSF group takes a refreshing pause drinking coconut milk
Pinar Del Rio
Palma Barrigona
Pot Belly Palm Tree
Visit to Tobacco Farm
Tobacco
leaves
drying
CCSF’s Laura Tran
Viñales
Viñales, view from Hotel Los Jasmines
Casa de la Cultura, Matanzas
Ms. Nora AsunciÓn
Hndez Gonzáles,
specialist in Cuban
folkloric dance and
choreographer,
explains to CCSF
group differences in
dance steps, types
of dance,
movements and
cultural nuances.
Santeria Drums and Ceremony
A group of young
children are being
trained by a
master santero to
carry on with
tradition and
customs
Varadero Beach
Trinidad Colonial Town, UNESCO Site
CCSF group listens to Lizette, our tour guide, as she talks about
the architecture and history of Trinidad
Cienfuegos
Sugar mill landlord and slave owner’s house. Built in the style of the Alhambra.
The house was bought by dictator Fulgencio Batista in the 1950’s to set up a
casino next to the Hotel Jagua where CCSF group stayed in Cienfuegos. It is now
a restaurant.
José Garcίa Montebravo Painter in Cienfuegos
A freed slave woman, on her
90th birthday, has her picture
taken with shackles on, as
testimony to her former
status.
Circa 1900.
CCSF Group visits Museo
Benny More, the house
where Benny More,
“El Bárbaro del Ritmo” was
born
Santa Isabel de Las Lajas
CCSF Group visits painter Juan Manuel Casanova
Casanova
uses mixed
media to
convey his
message on
the canvas
Clasicos de Cuba