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, African and Amerindian influences.
The Casino Español, Matanzas
Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe
Capablanca playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892
At a casa particular in Viñales, a pig is prepared for a feast.
Cubans are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of Cuba, as well as members of the Cuban diaspora who identify culturally or ethnically as Cuban, irrespective of their current citizenship.
Culture of Cuba
…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, African and Amerindian influences. The music of Cuba, including the instruments and the dances, is mostly of…
A Cuban family at the evening meal, circa 1875.
Gerardo Machado, president-elect of Cuba, photographed with his daughter and two companions on April 15, 1925. Machado was inaugurated on May 20, 1925, and governed Cuba until his forced resignation and exile in August 1933 amid the Revolution of 1933.
A public primary school classroom in Cuba. The Cuban state provides free, universal education from primary through university level, a system expanded after the Cuban Revolution and notable for achieving near-total literacy through the nationwide 1961 literacy campaign.
Census enumerators in the city of Havana, 1899.