Cuba 2015, 02 …. the blog that disappeared! The Santeria/Babalao is very much a part of Cuba. A combination of African traditions, Yoruba religion, voodoo, and even Catholicism, it is practiced by about 15% of the Cuban population. One does not suddenly decide to become Santeria. Novates dress in all white for a year and […]

We all met in the hotel lobby. 5:20, and we were all on the shuttle bus to catch our 8:00 am charter flight to La Habana, as Havana is known in Cuba. People were both excited and perhaps a little nervous, but getting our tickets and other travel documents was a breeze, thanks to a […]

Day Two of our workshop saw an early start, perhaps not compared to our state-side workshops, but early for our European ones. The reason? Fish market. We gathered in the hotel lobby to head out the door at 6:40 to head over to the market to catch the fishmongers and other merchants setting up. It […]