Cuban Culture

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Register to read the introduction… (everyculture.com) Of the total population, 50 percent are classified as mixed African and European, thirty-seven percent is classified as black or negro and one percent Chinese (everyculture.com). History tells African slaves were brought to Cuba and some have married their masters, which resulted to Cuban mulattos (cuban-culture.com). Other races have also come to Cuba in the past such as Russian, Chinese and European. Three dominant bloods are present in Cubans makeup: “First of these roots is that of the aborigine inhabitants; their ethnic contribution was reduced by the impact of the conquest and colonisation process. It is for this reason that the more significant roots in the Cuban nationality are Spanish and African. The first was the result of migration from the metropolis, which has been going on throughout our history more or less regularly. During the first centuries, after conquest, most groups came from Castile mainly from Southern of Spain. Later, massive migration arrived from Canary Islands, Galicia and Catalonia. More recently and during the last century Eastern European and Chinese immigrants have further enriched, what is, the unique racial mix that makes up Cuba today” (cuban-culture.com). Currently, there are five different ethnic groups in Cuba, they are: yoruba, mandingas, congos, carabalies, and bantu …show more content…
Walking down its streets, a tourist will find markets selling prized books aged over 100 years old. Famous poets have been numerous like Canarian Silvestre de Balboa at the Villa of Puerto Principe who wrote the famous "Mirror of Patience" in 1608. In the first half of the 18th century, Captain Don Santiago de Pita, El Principe Jardinero y Fingido Cloridano, was already being played in theatre. The first newspaper published on the island which was called Materialisation of Papel Periodico de La Habana was created on 1790 by the native bourgeoisie (cuban-culture.com). Cubans felt highly emotional while cultivating their agricultural lands with the poems written by Manuel de Zerqueiro (1760-1846) and Manuel Justo Ruvalcaba (1769-1805) and because of this, they were regarded as having the largest followers during the 18th

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