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Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.
His books, La Africania de la Musica Folklorica de Cuba (1950), and Los Instrumentos de la Musica Afrocubana (1952 - 1955) are still regarded as key references in the study of Afro-Cuban music. Ortíz's grave at the Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón in Havana, Cuba. Fernando Ortiz died in Havana in 1969 and was interred there in the Colon Cemetery.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is dedicated exclusively to housing Cuban art collections. Spanning the 17th and 19th centuries, it has rooms devoted to landscape, religious subjects and the Costumbrismo narrative scenes of Cuban life. A gallery devoted to the 1970s is marked by a preponderance of Hyperrealism and the latest ...
La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady Of Charity) is the Catholic patroness of Cuba, and is greatly revered by the Cuban people and seen as a symbol of Cuba. In Santería, she has been syncretized with the goddess Ochún. The important religious festival "La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" is celebrated by Cubans annually on 8 September.
A local musical house, Casa de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba. Cuban culture is influenced by its melting pot of cultures, primarily those of Spain, Africa and the indigenous Taínos of Cuba. After the 1959 revolution, the government started a national literacy campaign, offered free education to all and established rigorous sports, ballet, and ...
According to the Cuban popular music "Generic complex theory", Cuban folk music is classified as follows: Punto cubano Complex, with its variations Punto libre y Punto fijo. Rumba Complex, with its components Yambú, Guaguancó, Columbia, Conga and Comparsa. Danzón Complex, with its variants Contradanza, Danzón, Danzonete, Mambo and Cha-cha-chá.
Website. 14ymedio .com. 14ymedio is the first independent digital media outlet in Cuba. It was founded on May 21, 2014, [1] by the Cuban blogger and activist Yoani Sánchez and the Cuban journalist Reinaldo Escobar. [2] The project started with a group of 12 reporters, whose objective was to produce a digital media outlet with different types ...
Servando Arango "El Chino". The Sexteto Habanero was a Cuban son sextet founded in 1920 in Havana. It played an important part in the early history of the genre, contributing to its popularization all around Cuba. In 1927, the band incorporated a cornet player becoming the Septeto Habanero. Although most original members left in the 1930s, the ...