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Cuban Congas
NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg posing with congas in Cuba, one of the most common instruments played in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music. These drums are handmade and maintained with care as resources are scarce.
Dancing in Havana
In Havana, there is no specified time or place for music, it is simply part of everyday life, from morning to night. On his cultural exchange trip to Cuba, NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg experienced this, as pictured here by his spontaneous dance…
Ernest Hemingway
Dean Warren Schomburg posing with statue of Ernest Hemingway in "el Floridita" in Havana, Cuba. "El Floridita" was a well known hangout of Hemingway.
Habana Province - Caballero de Paris
"His real name was José María López Lledín, a native of Lugo in Spain, where he was born in 1899 into a wealthy family. Some say he lost his mind when, during the trip from Spain to Cuba, the vessel sunk and he lost his family. Others claim that…
Habana Province - Chinatown
Entrance to Chinatown in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Chinatown
Sign that says Chinatown, in Old Havana
Habana Province - Cinco Esquinas
Las cinco esquinas (5 corners) in the city of Regla.
Habana Province - Classic street
Classic street in the city of Regla.
Habana Province - Conjunto
Unknown Conjunto playing son music in the port tavern Havana Club in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Conjunto Deboson
Conjunto Deboson. They play the classic Són music of Cuba. Alberto on guitar and Janete on the flute.
Habana Province - Conjunto Deboson
Conjunto Deboson. They play the classic Son music of Cuba. Janete on the flute, Jorge on percussion, Andrés on bass.
Habana Province - El Prado
Dancer performs in El Prado area of Old Havana.
Habana Province - Ferry Regla
Entrance to the ferry that runs back and forth between the old port of Havana and the city of Regla.
Habana Province - Havana Club Bar
Bar Havana Club in the port of Old Havana.
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Stained glass canopy roof of the Hotel Rachel in Old Havana. The Hotel Raquel stands at the intersection of Calle Amagura and San Ingnacio in the traditional Jewish quarter of Old Havana. Built in 1908 as a bank by the architect Naranjo Ferrer, in…
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Second floor lobby in the Hotel Rachel. Many of the rooms have biblical names and besides the hotel being called The Rachel there are decorative references to the Bible and to the Jewish faith throughout the building, which was restored.
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Front view of the Hotel Rachel in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Iglesia de Regla
Iglesia (Church) de la Virgen de Regla
Habana Province - Iglesia de Regla
Iglesia (Church) de la Virgen de Regla. Statues and Altars of the different saints worshipped in the church. Dino sits in pew facing camera.
Habana Province - Maximo Street
Maximo Gómez street in the port city of Regla.
Habana Province - Old building in Havana
Typical building in Old Havana with columns, porticos and balconies.
Habana Province - Old Havana street
Busy street in Old Havana in front of the Capitol building.
Habana Province - Old Lonja del Comercio building
"Old Lonja del Comercio building.The Lonja del Comercio (Chamber of Commerce) building in Old Havana, Cuba served as the stock exchange in the capital until the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Today, it is an office building.
Based in the building are local…
Based in the building are local…
Habana Province - Port of Havana
The Capitol building in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Port of Havana
The harbor port of Havana from the old city