101. Cuban LIiterature cuban Literary culture at the Crossroads. By Pamela Smorkaloff. New York University. The current crisis is certainly not the first in Cuba's history to unsettle literary life and change the trajectory of print culture. http://www.soc.qc.edu/cuba/cubanlit.html

Cuban Literary Culture at the Crossroads By Pamela Smorkaloff New York University The current crisis is certainly not the first in Cuba's history to unsettle literary life and change the trajectory of print culture. There is a cyclical pattern lo literary life, and that spiral of rupture and continuity is precisely what this brief overview seeks to reveal by taking the long view of print culture, focusing on the shifts in its development, from its origins with the arrival of the printing press in 1720, on. Although the printing press operated under the severe restrictions imposed by the Spanish colonial administration, by 1860 and the onset of the Ten Years War (1868-1878) there had already been one short-lived renaissance followed by a longer literary rut. When the major publishing "boom" of the 1840s went bust, the void was soon filled by the literary journals that provided an outlet for writers until the next "boom" of the 1890s. The end of the nineteenth century, with the transition from Spanish colonial rule to the US sphere of influence, did not have a marked effect on print culture, at least not until 1906 and the first US intervention under the Platt Amendment. With intervention, the reality of the movement away from one sphere of influence and into another hit home, and brought on, among writers and intellectuals, a period of quietude, introspection and self-examination, not only in Cuba but throughout Latin America, in the wake of the Spanish-American War.

102. The Jews Of Cuba A wealth of cuban resources (in Spanish). Shalom Online A plethora of informationabout Jewish Communities in Latin America (in Spanish). soc.culture.cuba A http://jewishcuba.org/siteindex11.html

Search this website Contents (Our thanks to Bruce Greenberg for the original organization of the contents of this site.) Most frequently requested pages Synagogues and congregations in Cuba Who to contact, where the congregations are. Assistance Addresses and Contact Numbers of Organizations Assisting the Jewish population in Cuba. Needs of items needed by Cubans A list of the most commonly requested items. Traveling to Cuba Updated information from people who have been there recently, with an emphasis on legal travel with licensed groups for US citizens. Frequently Asked Questions Responses to questions we are asked, with details. Recommended reading History, religion, travel, photos, more. Website for the Havana Jewish Community The Patronato's ORT-sponsored site.

103. Boogalu Productions - Home - Cuban Music And Dance - Salsa Videos - DVDs Featuring the music of cuban bands who perform traditional popular music. Includes audio files and information about culture and history. http://www.boogalu.com/

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104. Cuba Heritage .com - Cuban Cultural Events Admin, cuba heritage .com cuban History, Architecture culture. Home. History.Places Architecture. cuba heritage .com - cuban History, Architecture culture. http://www.cubaheritage.com/cats.asp?cID=15

105. ¡yara! An Online Magazine By University Students In Exile An online magazine by cuban university students in exile. News, arts and culture, and feature articles. http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/yara/

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106. New Series Of Cuban Books Looks To Preserve Culture CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/02/16/cuba.books.ap/index.html

107. PLAZA CUBA - Welcome - PlazaCuba - Music, Dance And Cultural Adventures Offers travel workshops cuban music, dance, folkloric dance, folkloric percussion, and arts and culture. Includes descriptions of upcoming programs and backgrounds of staff. http://plazacuba.com

Welcome About Us Summer Folklore Summer Salsa *Register ... Links Workshops in Cuba Our music and dance programs are designed to meet the requirements for legal travel to Cuba for certain types of professionals. Travel to Cuba is permitted for professionals who are traveling to engage in research related to their field. If you are a musician, dancer, researcher, teacher or work in a related field, you may qualify for this type of travel. Photo by David Garten More Information Current Travel Restrictions Sign-up to receive updates on our programs Upcoming Programs Summer 04 AFRO-CUBAN FOLKLORIC MUSIC AND DANCE JULY 16 – 30, 2004 This full-time workshop will focus on Rumba, Yoruba, Palo, Arará and Comparsa for both percussionists and dancers. Classes offer hands-on training and will also examine Afro-Cuban religious practices. 4-5 hours of classes daily. Intensive study of history and folklore. Program Description POPULAR DANCE AND PERCUSSION JULY 16 – 30, 2004 Intensive full-time program with classes and conferences that focus on Cuba's popular percussion and dance styles, including Salsa, Cha-cha-cha, Son, Latin Jazz and more! Great programs for professional musicians and dancers, as well as teachers, researchers and other artists whose full-time work is in this professional area. Program Description Jazz and More!

108. Tours To Cuba, Cuba Travel, Cuba Vacations, Cuba Education, Legal Cuba Travel From Canada but open to people from all countries. A comprehensive overview all aspects of cuban life, politics, culture, economy and society. http://www.cubatours.ca/

Nonprofit tours and travel for friendship with the people of Cuba. The most rewarding, cost effective way to experience the island. Contact us! Cubans say "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it when you've forgotten the lyrics." Cuba has 100% literacy, free education and health care. Children are considered the island's most precious resource. CUBA EDUCATION TOURS, a nonprofit education and humanitarian project, assists U.S. residents with legal Cuba travel. Our tours are the least expensive available (please compare). We arrange custom tours and travel for schools, groups and families. Our itineraries advance learning, friendship, dialogue, peace and understanding. Our goal is for you get to know the real Cuba and its people. Because we are part of a Cuban friendship project to build lasting ties of peace and understanding with the island, our tours are more rewarding and less expensive than those provided by "for profit" and "commercial" tour operators. We encourage you to examine the history and goals of our Cuban hosts ( MOVPAZ ). They strive for, like you, a better world.

109. CUBANOW - The Digital Magazine Of Cuban Arts And Culture The Digital Magazine of cuban Arts and culture is a magazine specialised in cubanArts and culture where you can find interest information about painters http://www.cubanow.net/home/

Sections Home Editorial Feature Stories ... Paths Services Events Links Advertise Contact ... Subscription Editorial In defense of cuba Cubanow.- .Cuba constitutes the most advanced exponent in the exercise of democracy, in the exercise of freedom and in the exercise of socialism. Feature US AND CARIBBEAN SHARE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS An interview with Nancy Morejon Cubanow.-

110. Cuba Culture | Lonely Planet World Guide The government has sought to redress the influence of North American mass cultureby subsidizing Afrocuban cultural groups and performing ensembles. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/cuba/culture.htm

home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks Cuba Culture African slaves brought rhythms and ritual dances to Cuba, where they were blended with Spanish guitars and melodies and then appropriated and developed throughout the Americas (the USA in the 1920s jumped to rumba rhythms, and these, fused with jazzy horn sections and drums, became the big-band sound). The conga-line dance was developed by slaves shackled together, while much of contemporary Cuban dance has important associations with Afro-Cuban Santer­a religion. The most popular Cuban music today is son , which developed in the hills of the Oriente before the turn of the century and incorporates guitars, tres (a small Cuban stringed instrument with three pairs of strings), double bass, bongos, claves, maracas and voice. Mambo, bolero, salsa and chachach¡ music also derived from this form. The most famous exponents of Cuban music were P©rez Prado and Benny Mor©, but Cuban music continues to evolve and there are a great many artists still making great music. The country's most famous literary figure is Jos© Mart­, whose life, ideas and martyr's death confirmed him as a national hero, but other Cuban literary greats include Cirilo Villaverde y de la Paz (1812-94), Alejo Carpentier (1904-80), Nicol¡s Guill©n (1902-89) and Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-). Cuba's filmmakers include Tom¡s Guti©rrez Alea (1928-96), whose

111. Www.Cuban-Leaf.com - Cuban Cigars And Culture cuban cigars are a product that equates directly to quality. The However,cuban cigars do find their way into the United States. It http://www.cuban-leaf.com/

"If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go " - Mark Twain Click Here to Visit our Sponsor Cuban cigars are a product that equates directly to quality. The very words evoke images of sophistication and glamour. Alfred Dunhill did not call his book "The Gentle Art of Smoking" for nothing. He understood that cigar smoking is an art form, that provides a sense of contemplation, peace and appreciated pleasure. The sale and importation of fine handmade cigars has risen more 30% annually for the past several years. It's a wonderful, relaxing past time that can be shared with friends male and female. Cuban cigars on the whole are renowned as the world's best, which would be hotly contested by manufactures in Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua, as well as others. It's difficult for Americans to judge, since Cuban cigars, as well as other Cuban products, are illegal in the United States and have been since the Cuban embargo in 1962. And, yes, they are still illegal. As recently as 1995 this question was addressed once again. The following letter was sent to the members of the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America Inc. from the Department of the Treasury. "Only persons returning directly from Cuba after a licensed visit there are permitted to bring Cuban cigars into the United States, provided the domestic value of such cigars does not exceed 100 U.S. dollars and the cigars are for the person's personal use and not for resale. Inasmuch as all other importations of Cuban cigars are illegal, you must assume that all offers to buy or sell such cigars in the United States involve cigars that are imported illegally. Contrary to what many people believe, it is illegal for travelers to bring into the United States Cuban cigars acquired in third countries (such as Canada, England, or Mexico).

112. CubaWeb.cu/Directory About Cuba A cuban portal on references about tourism, culture, and national news. Un portalcubano de referencias sobre turismo, cultura y noticias nacionales. http://www.cubaweb.cu/

CUBA: EIGHT YEARS IN INTERNET Cubaweb Suggests Send flowers to Cuba Havana Guide CUBA WEB HOTELS RESERVATION CUBA WEB RENT A CAR Check-in: Check-out: Destination: baracoa bayamo camagüey cayo largo del sur ciego de avila cienfuegos costa norte de holguín granma guantánamo havana (city) havana (colonial) havana (rural) holguín isla de la juventud jardines del rey jibacoa marea del portillo matanzas península de zapata pinar del río playa covarrubias sancti spiritus santa lucía de cuba santiago de cuba soroa-las terrazas topes de collantes trinidad de cuba varadero villa clara viñales Adults: (age 12+) Children: (age 2-12) Infants: (age 0-2) Rooms: 1 double(s) CUBA WEB HOTELS RESERVATION CUBA WEB RENT A CAR Pick-up: Drop-off: 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 AM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 AM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 PM Pick-up at: Class: Mileage: cayo coco (el senador hotel) havana airport (terminal 3) havana city (línea y malecón) holguin airport holguin city (pernik hotel) santiago de cuba airport varadero airport economic luxury minivan Limited Unlimited OFFERS SERVICES INFORMATION CHANNELS DTCuba Directory Caribbean Ch@nnel Cubaweb Notinet Cuban Women ... Cuban Habanos CUBAN NEWS AGENCY

113. Cuba Directory 31) Shopping@ (0) Society and culture ( 67) Transportation ( 1 http://www.cubafestla.com/

114. Florida Folklife From The WPA Collections Folksongs, folktales, and life histories of AfricanAmerican, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout the state, recorded under the auspices of the WPA arts projects in Florida. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/

The Library of Congress From the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Search Browse list of Performers Audio Titles Manuscript Titles Geographic Location Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections is a multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida. Recorded by Robert Cook, Herbert Halpert, Zora Neale Hurston, Stetson Kennedy, Alton Morris, and others in conjunction with the Florida Federal Writers' Project, the Florida Music Project, and the Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Work Projects Administration, it features folksongs and folktales in many languages, including blues and work songs from menhaden fishing boats, railroad gangs, and turpentine camps; children's songs dance music , and religious music of many cultures; and interviews , also known as "life histories." The online presentation provides access to 376 sound recordings and 106 accompanying materials , including recording logs, transcriptions, correspondence between Florida WPA workers and Library of Congress personnel, and an essay on Florida folklife by Zora Neale Hurston. A new

115. Omo Ache Afro-Cuban Music & Dance Company La Mulata is a cuban Criolla (Creole) character born of the mix of Spanish andAfrican blood that represents the joining of two cultures to create a new http://www.omoache.org/cuban.html

Through the exposition of these dances we wish to recreate the cultural richness we have inherited from Africa and have preserved for centuries. ELEGUA- "THE MAKER OF THE PATHS" This work highlights the child-like character of Elegua, an Orisha, or deity, of the Yoruba pantheon. He is represented as a mischievous young boy who plays in the forest-filled mountains. Elegua occupies the very important role of messenger for the Supreme god Olofi. He is the owner of the many paths in life and is found at all crossroads. Always a trickster, Elegua has the power to create and/or undo these paths that he carries out with the use of his stick (garabato). AFREKETE (YEMAYA)- "A MOTHER FOREVER" BABALUAYÉ- "THE MIRACLE" OYÁ- "THE WARRIOR OF THE WIND" B. CONGO TRADITIONS "CRIUMBA CONGO" C. RUMBA D. COMPARSA "FIESTA DE LA MULATA" Carnaval is always anxiously awaited every year by all Cubans since it is the most massive of all celebrations on the island. Cubans organize huge comparsas, or carnaval clubs, that usually can number in the hundreds among dancers and musicians. These comparsas prepare all year for this event to show off their choreographies, music, and splendid costumes that they have created. La Mulata is a Cuban Criolla (Creole) character born of the mix of Spanish and African blood that represents the joining of two cultures to create a new identity. This Conga celebrates the vibrant and sensual style of the Mulata admired by all.

116. John Lennon: A Cuban Cultural Icon John Lennon a cuban cultural icon. The following remarks were deliveredby Ricardo Alarcon at the dedication of Jose Villas statue http://www.redflag.org.uk/frontline/one/lennon.html

John Lennon: a Cuban cultural icon The following remarks were delivered by Ricardo Alarcon at the dedication of Jose Villas statue of John Lennon in Lennon Park, Havana, Cuba on December 8 2000, the 20th anniversary of Lennons assassination. Ricardo Alarcon is the president of the Cuban National Assembly. He spent many years in New York City as Cubas ambassador to the United Nations. Alarcons speech was originally published by the paper of the Cuban Communist Youth, Juventud Rebelde. It was translated by Cindy O'Hara and first published in English by the Australian paper Green Left Weekly. lennon Companeras y companeros, Here, in front of the excellent work of art of Jose Villa, nostalgia does not bring us together.We are not inaugurating a monument to the past, nor a site to commemorate something that disappeared. This place will always be a testimonial to struggle, a summoning to humanism. It will also be a permanent homage to a generation that wanted to transform the world, and to the rebellious spirit of the artist who helped forge that generation and is one of its most authentic symbols. The sixties were much more than a period in time. The attitudes toward life that developed then profoundly affected culture, society and politics, and crossed all borders. The sixties renewing impulse overwhelmed the decade, but it had been born before that time and has not stopped even today. To those years, we look back with the loyalty that all combatants feel for their earliest and most distant battle. With obstinate antagonism, some still denigrate that time - those who know that to kill history, they must first tear out its most luminous and hopeful moment. In that time, old imperial colonies fell, people previously ignored arose and their art, literature and ideas started to penetrate the opulent nations. The Third World was born and solidarity grew.

117. Cubarte - El Portal De La Cultura Cubana Translate this page Andina IX Festival Internacional de Poesía Proyecto Cultural SurUna reunión de escritores por la paz y la comunicación http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/

Actualidad Noticias Letra con Filo Puente de la Palabra ... Arte cubano Canales Libro y Literatura Artes Visuales Patrimonio En la Comunidad ... Cultura General 08 de Junio, 2004 Presentación de un libro de Marta Arjona El pasado 2 de junio se presentó en el Palacio Lombillo... Celebran acto nacional por el Día del Bibliotecario Santa Clara (AIN).- El acto nacional por el Día del Bibliotecario... Juan Marinello en sus cartas y en un libro La Habana (AIN) .- Un volumen que reúne parte de la correspondencia... Acercamiento a la creación poética de Julio Cortazar Guantánamo (AIN) .- Un acercamiento a la creación... Condecora el Comandante en Jefe a Antonio Gades con la Orden José Martí La Habana, (AIN) .- El Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, Presidente de los Consejos de Estado... Por toda Cuba Turismo cultural BazarCUBARTE Soy Cubano ... Subasta Habana Arte Cubano Servicios Cartelera Directorio Cultural Instituciones Correo Web Publicaciones ... webmaster@cubarte.cult.cu

118. CubaLiteraria: El Portal De La Literatura Cubana En Internet Translate this page entre hombres y mujeres a través del arte y la literatura, constituirá la novenaedición del Festival Internacional de Poesía Proyecto Cultural Sur, que http://www.cubaliteraria.com/

Actualizado hoy Tuesday, June 08, 2004 Convocatorias Feria Intenacional del Libro de La Habana Servicios Nuevos Sitios Cirilo Villaverde Salvador Bueno Mariano Brull Juana Borrero ... CENTENARIOS BICENTENARIO Jornada de premiaciones en el Boti Resultados del Concurso de Literatura Regino E. Boti. Para que crezcan mejor Lorca, ayer y hoy en Santiago de Cuba Reencuentro con Marinello Los hijos de Palestina aspiran a una vida digna y soberana ... Homenaje a Guillermo Vidal Mensajes de condolencia de escritores de Cuba y el mundo. La hora de los mameyes ... pero la plaza ofrece una resistencia distendida, en la que participan desde avezados capitanes hasta bisoños milicianos y estudiantes que huyen el rostro para disparar el fusil. El paisanaje armado sabe que en la defensa de la ciudad apuesta vidas y bienes, y aprende a ocupar espacios que la violenta concentración del combate desguarnece. Del rosario de anécdotas que dejan esos once meses, una recuerda el vínculo de los ocupantes con mujeres de la Isla ...

119. Exklusive Reisen Auf Die Etwas Andere Art... Exclusive Travels, Somehow Differen Tours, Rental Cars, Vintage Cars Cruises, Spanish Salsa, Hotels, etc. http://www.cuba-reisen.com/

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120. Black Or Mulata? - DRCLAS News Winter 1998 Winter 1998. Black or Mulata? Reading Woman in Contemporary CubanCulture. By Flora María González. After my graduation from Yale http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/publications/revista/women/gonzalez.htm

Winter 1998 Black or Mulata? Reading Woman in Contemporary Cuban Culture A But I found myself drawn to the culture of my native Cuba, and in summer, 1995, I attended a theoretical workshop led by Cuban novelist and critic Antonio Benítez Rojo at the Caribbean Writers Summer Institute at the University of Miami. That summer was very formative in the formulation of my current research, "Mulata/Black Woman? Reading Woman in Contemporary Cuban Culture," which I am developing this academic year as a book-length project at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard. This extremely supportive environment is allowing me to dedicate myself to research and writing, to examine the changing images of women in Cuban cultural imagination and to relate it to my own experience as a Cuban woman. I am exploring the ways in which Cuban writers and filmmakers since the 1960s have revised the stereotypical image of the mulata to transform her into a woman with a voice, capable of reconstituting her unrecorded historical involvement and her presence in the nation's actual political and cultural realities. The literary figures of mulata and black woman encompass a wide-ranging array of issues involving authority, race, gender, and genre. These issues have always characterized cultural discourse in Cuba and other Caribbean countries, but appear to intensify in these literary and film interpretations, as I first discovered in the 1995 Miami workshop. The theoretical framework provided by this workshop came alive in cultural and experiential terms for me in the summer of 1996 when I traveled to Cuba to participate in a two-week study program called "African Heritage in the Americas." Headed by Professor Julyanne Dodson of the University of Colorado, the program aimed to give academics an in-depth introduction to African and Afro-Caribbean belief systems and cultures. Traveling through most of the island and meeting with Cubans of Afro-Cuban descent was an extraordinary experience. I got to talk with prominent women in the Cuban-Haitian community near Bayamo, to appreciate folk art developing out of the santería religion, and to listen to the voices of the old and young.

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