Cuban Culture Summary

Pedraza (1998), Professor of Sociology of the University of Michigan, in her research stated that the Cuban migration have been analyzed through the years, with emphasis on how Cubans, as immigrants, incorporate their traditions in American society, in comparison to other immigrant groups in the United States. In addition, she emphasized that Cuban migration waves are a revolution result, not only political and economic, but also cognitive and emotive. Today, the Cuban community in the United States is particularly heterogeneous, with dramatic contrasts in social characteristics and political apathy. The first wave of immigrants, the golden exile, established an economic and cultural foundations, which have facilitated the adjustment of other waves of immigrants. The Cuban immigrants and their

The Cuban community in the United States is one of the most rapidly growing Latin-American groups. They are known as Cuban Americans, and include not only American citizens or residents born in Cuba, but also long distant Cuban descendants. The areas with the highest concentration of this spicy ethnic group are South Florida, Tampa Bay Area, and North Hudson, New Jersey. South Florida is definitely the capital of the Cuban American community, since an estimate of almost seventy percent (70%) of the entire group lives there. The essence of this community does not stops with the country of precedence, other factors such as the culture and customs are truly relevant.

I am a Latin American, who grew up in the U.S, so I carry with me the values and traditions of my Cuban ancestors. Cuban culture is very interesting and colorful, usually with a bizarre mix of factors. This mix of different influences and factors is evident at various levels of the Cuban culture. After interacting with people from diverse cultures, I have learnt that Cubans are very positive, always happy and have no prejudices. They are always sociable, friendly and with a good sense of humor. This explains why people from this culture are more willing to share ideas, feelings and thoughts, even with strangers. Their communicative nature, their friendliness and open-mindedness help them to interact better with people from different cultures

Antique cars line up along the streets of Havana, while horse buggies prance on the cobbled roads with large posters depicting images of the country’s revolutionary leader, Che Guevara posted on the walls besides them. Entering the small towns,Whitman students and teachers were welcomed by Cuban dancers and offered by the locals to join in their activities.

Has your makeshift, third world bus ever broken down and left you stranded in ninety five degree heat with no air conditioning or water? For the last several years, Cuba had been closed for U.S. tourists and Americans were only allowed limited travel. Cuba is considered a communist political system with Castro as their president. In March of 2017, I was able to experience this interesting destination with my family and friends from church. As we were driving to our house in Trinidad, the scenery from the ride was very rural and farm like. Trinidad is a very unique city in Cuba and is most known for their classic cars from the 1950’s, which are still being used there today. It was shocking to see these vintage cars riding up and down the streets

In the formation of the Cuban nation, the role of Afro-Cubans is undeniably of great importance. The success and riches obtained by Cuba as a Spanish colony would have been unthinkable without the exploitation of African slave labor. Even before emancipation, there were key figures in the Cuban independence movement, such as Antonio Maceo, who were free men of Afro-Cuban origin. After emancipation in 1886, Afro-Cuban ex-slaves showed their enthusiasm for their future in Cuba by volunteering in large numbers to fight in the Liberation Army. Yet in the victory over the Spanish in 1898, Afro-Cubans were given little recognition for their overwhelming support, and were

The history of Cuba started back in 1492 when Christopher Columbus arrived. Cuba is known as “the largest island of the West Indies group” (Fact Monster). The island of Cuba is filled with mountains in the southeast followed by flat lands in the remaining areas. Since 2008, the president of Cuba has been Raul Castro. The population of Cuba “has always increased from one census to the next” (Demographics of Cuba), with the population in 2014 being right about eleven million. Cuba is well known for many different things which include its culture roots, music, beautiful beaches, Cuban rum, and also friendly locals you can find just about anywhere. I chose Cuba as my country for this paper because I have always wanted to visit Cuba and go to the beautiful beaches. I also chose Cuba because I was curious as

The article first talks about the development and character of Cuban national culture: Cuba’s original people. It discusses the historical events that occurred in Cuba and how those historic events have shaped Cuba’s culture. It talks about the original tribes that were on Cuba’s land for decades, which were Taino and Siboney Amerindian tribes. They were originally one of the first groups to help shape the Cuban culture. After a while, Spanish invaders came to Cuba and took over the land and put its own set of rules and traditions. This is how Cuba got its mixture of cultures, between the Spanish culture, Armenian culture and African culture coming together in Cuba. Also, this section of the article talks about words that developed in Cuba from all the mixtures of countries and cultures. Kronenberg states in the article “Culture, nation and social cohesion: a scrutiny of revolutionary Cuba” (2008), that some of these words are “words like ‘hammock’, ‘manatee’, ‘yucca’, ‘hurricane’, and ‘tobacco’, which can be regarded as the ‘last surviving parting gift’ or ‘retributive curse’ the original inhabitants of the Caribbean offered to their Spanish captors”(pg. 51). This is a small interesting fact to learn about the early Cuban culture and to see where Cuba got some of its influences from and what they originally kept from those influential countries.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on what is now Bariay, Holguin province. He claimed this piece of land for Spain and originally named it Isla Juana after the Prince of Asturias, Juan. In the mid-16th century an outbreak of measles wiped out two-thirds of the natives, which most of them had survived the outbreak of smallpox previously. In the 19th century Cuba’s people were slaves, outraged slaves began to rebel with the intention to win independence from the Spanish. In April of 1898 Spain and Cuba went to war with Americas involvement which resulted in the Treaty of Paris in August of 1898 where Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Philippines, Cuba, and Guam. On May 20, 1902 The United States of America allowed Cuba to gain its independence. The newly written constitution stated that the United States retained the right to intervene in Cuba’s affairs. In 1933 the Sergeants’ revolt occurred. Leader of the revolt, Sergeant Fulgencio Batista overthrew Cespedes. After Cespedes was overthrown Ramon Grau San Martin was named as provisional president, but in 1934 he resigned leaving Batista the presidency. Eventually Cuban natives were unsatisfied with the way Batista ran the country; exiled in 1959 Batista fled to Portugal. Eventually Fidel Castro took over and converted the country to communism, which led Cuba into the best and the worst of times.

The nation of Cuba lies in great proximity to the United States. As a matter of fact, according to Holmes, its proximity to the Florida coast is just 90 miles. The nearness in the terrestrial location of Cuba relative to the US is perhaps one of the central reasons as to why the US has always remained interested in the affairs of Cuba. To this extent, we can deduce that for the greater part of the history between the two nations, US decision-makers have always considered Cuba to be a commonsensical extension of their nation; fundamentally because Cuba presents a geographical position that is of strategic political and economic importance. For many born into the present generation, Cuba is synonymous with the cold war as evident in the Cuban missile crisis of 1963, and with the general extravagance of communism apportioned by Marxist and Leninist nuances as a result of the 1959 Cuban revolution. Working from this basis, there can be no question as to the fact that Cuba has got an evidently deeply-rooted history with the US. However, it is futile to attempt to discuss this history outside the projection of its former colonial master, Spain. According to the Library of congress, the history of Cuba begins with the inevitable arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492; a man credited with the discovery of the Americas that essentially laid the foundation for European colonization. The Spanish-American war provided a turning-point in the history of Cuba because one

The article, “Culture, Nation and Social Cohesions: A Scrutiny of Revolutionary Cuba” by Kronenberg (2008), first talks about the development and character of Cuban national culture: Cuba’s original people. The author discusses the historical events that occurred in Cuba and how those historic events has shaped Cuba’s culture. He talks about the original tribes that were on Cuba’s land for decades, which were Taino and Siboney Amerindian tribes. They were originally one of the first groups to help shape the Cuban culture. After a while, Spanish invaders came to Cuba and took over the land and established their own set of rules and traditions. This is how Cuba got its mixture of cultures, between the Spanish culture, Armenian culture and African culture coming together in Cuba. In addition, this section of the article talks about words that developed in Cuba from all the mixtures of countries and cultures. Kronenberg (2008) states, that some of these words are “words like ‘hammock’, ‘manatee’, ‘yucca’, ‘hurricane’, and ‘tobacco’, which can be regarded as the ‘last surviving parting gift’ or ‘retributive curse’ the original inhabitants of the Caribbean offered to their Spanish captors”(p. 51). This is a small interesting fact to learn about the early Cuban culture and to see where Cuba got some of its influences from and what they originally kept from those influential countries.

Knowledge of the native peoples in Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, prior to the colonial era derives from the

The first thing that pop into my head when I think about cultural practices that are influenced by people’s culture is related with the spread of Dengue in Cuba. Dengue is an infectious disease caused by any one of four related viruses. It is transmitted between people by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which are found throughout the world. In Cuba the most common is the Aedes Aegypti and is by controlling the mosquito population that this disease is controlled. Mosquitoes like to laid their eggs in stagnant clean water and in Cuba an ideal place for the mosquitoes’ eggs is created by a cultural practice. The Yoruba religion, an African religion that came from Nigeria is very popular in Cuba and one common practice of this

Cuba is a communist country lead by Raul Castro. This form of government has lead to many social problems including poverty, trade embargos, and limited freedom for the citizens. Just like Cuba, Romania was lead by a communist government. The Romanian government showed little support towards their citizens which ultimately resulted in revolutions to fight against the government. If the people of Cuba were to fight against their government it would be beneficial and could end up with them having more rights and lower poverty

Being apart of the Cuba: After the Revolution class has the potential to help me realize myself as a scientist, aspiring professor, and lifelong learner. As a physics major, I am interested in the ways science meets society, specifically as it relates to how science affects social movements. Moreover, I would be delighted to study the ways in which education manifests itself outside of the United States. Equally important, I am very interested in Afro-Latinx culture. As a Haitian American, being a black person of caribbean descent is such a unique dimension of the diaspora, and it would be a literal honor to be able to see, talk, and connect with these people in their homeland.