| Old Havana is a place really picturesque
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| | strength of a thousand lions - continue
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| and beautiful. Its cobblestoned, narrow
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| | to offer the best of the popular art
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| streets and corners full of the purest
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| | learned a long time ago.
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| contrasts between sun and shade are now a
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| | Some 72 musical groups invite us to move
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| musical center -as it can be seen today-
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| | our feet, or simply to listen to them
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| a real Cuban party.
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| | while we have a snack or a supper in
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| Noisy as it is, colonial Havana is better
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| | company of friends or relatives.
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| known for its more-than-80-year-old
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| | The origin of such animation can be
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| musicians than for its museums -as many
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| | traced back to December, 31st, 1994, when
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| foreign visitors confess.
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| | a supper was organized at the Cathedral
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| Perhaps, the world reign of Francisco
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| | Square -the most emblematic of the five
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| Repilado (Compay Segundo), an already
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| | squares that exist around that old area-
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| dead troubadour and sonero propitiated
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| | and from that moment on, music,
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| that a considerable part of all the
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| | gastronomy and architecture combine in
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| people who pass by this part of the Cuban
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| | order to offer the visitor a new
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| capital look for that musician's lineage
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| | opportunity.
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| -and find it.
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| | The milieu is contagious, but the most
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| Such richness can be found in bars,
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| | recommendable restaurants are El Patio,
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| restaurants and hotels of this Cuban area
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| | with its big umbrellas in the same
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| founded in 1519 -a wonderful landscape
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| | Cathedral Square -all very noisy- La
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| full of chromatism and the affable
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| | Mina, Don Giovanni, the Lobby Bar of the
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| environment that its dwellers grant to
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| | Ambos Mundos Hotel, the Café Paris or La
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| this place.
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| | Lluvia de Oro -all of them very close to
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| There, tourism is operated by the Cuban
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| | each other.
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| company Habaguanex, an enterprise that
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| | The Plaza Vieja (Old Square), for
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| was named after the last indigenous chief
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| | instance, has one corner that is quite
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| who lived in that area and since 1994 has
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| | remarkable for its sounds and music. It
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| been in charge of maximizing the historic
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| | is the Café Taberna Benny Moré, built
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| and cultural recreation in the
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| | as homage to the worldwide famous
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| approximately 4.5 square kilometers of
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| | musician of the same name who is already
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| this old area of the city.
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| | dead and who was baptized with the name
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| Through narrow streets, shops and truly
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| | El Bárbaro del Ritmo.
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| beautiful corners there can be seen lots
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| | Cuba is a great amalgam, but in the
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| of people walking and mingling with
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| | musical field it cultivates more than 25
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| foreigners who are eager to understand
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| | diverse rhythms, among which we can
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| the nature of Cubans, with a very strong
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| | clearly find the Son, the Conga, the
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| base on its music and dance.
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| | Rumba, the Mambo and the Cha Cha Chá,
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| Out of the 100 facilities for recreation
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| | now very peculiarly diffused all over the
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| or stores, 40 enjoy live animation, be it
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| | world, especially through the Salsa.
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| traditional, instrumental, Spanish or
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| | It is all about a real Cuban party in all
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| Latin-American music.
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| | senses, capable of persuading the most
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| There exists a prevalence of young
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| | gentle of all parishioners, may he come
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| artists, but the most symbolic and
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| | from whatever corner of the world, simply
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| appealing are the old ones who -with the
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| | magical.
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