Thousands of residents of Santiago celebrated the 91st anniversary of the birth of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz with an extensive program of activities, including a tribute at the stone monument that guards his ashes in the Santa Ifigenia cemetery.
It is unquestionable that Fidel is incarnated in the hearts of millions of Cubans and admirers throughout the world.
Leisure, joy, emotional tranquility can define the summer stage, that summer that the Guantanamo residents fully live with the family, among friends, in the neighborhood like children while smiling for the camera, moments of relaxation, of joy, of to live pleasant experiences.
To the rhythm of rumba and with the choreographic accompaniment of the dancers of the Santiago de Cuba Tropicana Cabaret and performances of the traditional Cuban sonorities such as danzón and guaracha the 2017 Guantánamo Carnival kicked off.
Accomplices of a tradition that emerged in the late nineteenth century, a frenzied crowd wrapped in a magic that defies the suffocating sun, returns to the streets during these days of August in Guantanamo or the warm nights that for many do not end until the sunrise.