with the Carnaval of Santiago de Cuba holding a special place among Cubans. The history of Carnival in Cuba is a complex interplay of diverse influences...

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island,...

Carnival of Santiago de Cuba and Carnaval de Barranquilla in Colombia. In Brazil, comparsas are called carnival blocks, as those seen in the Carnival...

of the previous measure and the first of the following measure. Carnival of Santiago de Cuba Conga (music) Rodríguez Ruidíaz, Armando :Los sonidos de...

Cuba — Carnival of Santiago de Cuba, July Cuba — Havana Carnival, July/August Curaçao — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday Dominica — Carnival, February, Ash...

Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spanish: Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is held each February–March –depending on the year– in Santa Cruz de...

Barranquilla Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals in the...

specific costume and choreography which perform in the street carnivals of Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, and Havana. The instrumentation differs between congas...

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets...

Santiago de los Caballeros (English: Saint James of the Knights), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and...

the lowest drum used in conga santiaguera, the music of the street carnivals from Santiago de Cuba. They are tuneable, two-headed military drums introduced...

line, and this leads to the end of the competitive run. Most famous carnivals in Cuba took place in Santiago de Cuba, Havana and Santa Clara. From these...

instrument still played in the comparsas, or carnival groups, of Santiago de Cuba. The great instrumental contribution of the Spanish was their guitar, but even...

Thousands of youngsters from Sitges settled in Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo and other areas in Eastern Cuba. Most of them were employed in commerce, usually...

Franklin Darien Reytor is a Cuban guitarist, composer, producer, and music teacher. He was born and raised in Santiago de Cuba; he studied classical guitar...

her, and meet the Niños de la Luz, a group of children who have gone missing. The first book, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, was released on August...

years. Cuba, however, still prohibited the Cuban-born from returning by sea, and Carnival therefore refused to accept reservations from the Cuban-born....

partner, Cuba became increasingly isolated in the late 1980s and early 1990s after the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, but Cuba opened up...

and some of his fellow musicians wrote a conga music composition that earned them first prize in the city of Santiago de Cuba's carnival of 1940: "La...

Afro-Cubans (Spanish: Afrocubano) or Black Cubans are Cubans of full or partial sub-Saharan African ancestry. The term Afro-Cuban can also refer to historical...

The culture of Cuba is a complex mixture of different, often contradicting, factors and influences. The Cuban people and their customs are based on European...

primarily in Cuban carnival music, particularly in the eastern region of Santiago, where it is an integral part of the comparsa (carnival musical ensemble)...

or taona, is a secular style of Afro-Cuban music developed in the 19th century in Santiago de Cuba after the arrival of Haitian slaves following the Haitian...

Ironically, this original ban was enacted by the mayor of Santiago de Cuba, Desiderio Arnaz II, father of Desi Arnaz, who later popularized congas, bongos and...

Europe to the Caribbean. The city also has one of the world's largest carnivals. The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage...

Catholic Church, Municipio de Santiago de Cuba and others. Máximo Gómez Park, also known as Domino Park is an integral part of Little Havana. Located on...

Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism...

born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Alberni II (March 8, 1894 – May 31, 1973) and Dolores "Lolita" de Acha y de Socias (April...

to Cuba to fight for its independence. Santiago-born educator and feminist Rosa Smester Marrero moved to Monte Cristi in 1913, becoming a teacher of the...

realization of its identity. He was buried in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba. The death of Martí was a blow to the "aspirations of the Cuban rebels...