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Feb 2014 back issue
Frozen in Time Cuba
by Javier Galeano
It is said that Cuba is frozen in time , but as a photographer you know that a unique and unrepeatable moment has been created with every hint of sunlight. It can’t be missed, because people, culture and their daily life do not stop. Despite a lot of troubles you can see and feel the wonder of life in constant motion.
Youths cover their heads with condoms while refreshing themself in the ocean during the Rotilla Festival of Electronic Music in Jibacoa beach, Cuba.
A woman and her son sit next to electricity meters on the bottom floor of an apartment building on the Malecon in Havana.
A boy plays soccer with friends near a mural of Cuba's revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in Havana, Cuba.
Dancers perform during the annual Caribbean festival in Santiago de Cuba.
Hundreds of students hold torches during a late night march to celebrate the 157th anniversary of the birth of Cuba's national independence hero, Jose Marti, at the entrance of the University of Havana.
Fishermen work while the Spanish military ship Juan Sebastian De Elcano arrives at Havana Bay.
A painting depicting the Statue of Liberty, placed for May Day celebrations, is seen in front of an image of revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara at the revolution Square in Havana.
A young fisherman casts his line during an early morning in Havana bay.
Cuban students parade along the Plaza de la Revolucion or Revolution Square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion in Havana.
People drive an old car past the Capitol building in Havana.
A Cuban flag hangs on the wall above an unidentified worker who smiles while holding fresh bread at a government bakery in Havana.
A man repairs his car on a street in Havana.
A teenager lifts weights in an improvised gym in Havana.
Pilgrimage to El Rincon church every year to pay tribute to St. Lazarus, a patron saint of lepers.
Cuban President Fidel Castro in Pedernales, Cuba, for the anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Days after Fidel Castro announced in a letter read by his secretary live on state television that due to illness he was temporarily relinquishing the presidency to his brother and successor Raul, the defense minister.
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A fisherman enjoys a cigarette after fishing along with another collegues at the Malecon in Havana.
People play drums for an African-Cuban religious Santeria ceremony in honor of ocean goddess Yemaya at the annual Caribbean festival in Santiago de Cuba.
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