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CIA World Factbook
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Cuba Maps
https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cuba.html
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The folk music of Cuba combines Hispanic stringed instruments like guitar and tres (a guitar-like instrument with six strings, paired in octaves like an American twelve-string guitar) with African percussion instruments, seasoned with a hint of Caribbean flavor. The result is a rich blend of song …folkways.si.edu/folk-music-of-cuba/world/music/album/smithsonian
As Andrew Schloss explains in the liner notes: “Carnaval has a history of mixing and uniting people of different races, and the merriment and participation in Carnaval has always transcended class boundaries”. Recorded in 1980 in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, Schloss note only captures the unique …folkways.si.edu/carnaval-in-cuba/caribbean-latin-world/music/album/smithsonian
Music is one way Cuban Lucumí (descendants of African slaves) have retained cultural ties to Africa. During the 19th century these descendants established cabildos, mutual aid and social societies based on African ethnic folkways.si.edu/havana-cuba-ca-1957-rhythms-and-songs-for-the-orishas/latin-world/music/album/smithsonian
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