(proclamation of the bread seller)
Good day, family! In our adventure today we are going to walk through a typical neighborhood of Cuba, where he lives
ordinary people. One of those places where the eyes of tourists usually do not reach
but it is still part of the real cuba. Let's talk a little about Cuban society, about
how people live here in this neighborhood and at the end of this video we are going to see one of the most popular
Havana traditions. It's quite early, it's eight in the morning. I decided to do this
video at this time so they could see Havana as people prepare for a new day.
So welcome to this virtual tour. What can be said about Los Sitio, a humble neighborhood, one of
those neighborhoods where you can find people playing dominoes on street corners. Dangerous?
Well, it has a bad reputation, the places have a bad reputation, but don't get me wrong, I live here,
I sleep here and there are worse neighborhoods, yes there may be a crime, yes there may be a crime of
from time to time, but believe me, there are neighborhoods with more bad fame and more dangerous than this one.
All this part of Havana was outside the wall, the wall that
It was built between 1667 and 68, which closed with the cannon shot at 9PM,
that at first it was not 9PM it was 8PM and this whole area was cultivated
since it was near the real ditch, the street ditch that is a few blocks from here.
All this was part of that Havana that was divided into two, the Havana of the intramural and the
extramural havana, intramural havana i would say is that beautiful, touristy part, La
Old Havana. This is one of those poor neighborhoods, one of those neighborhoods of little tourist interest
They are obviously forgotten and where the most work people spend to get ahead. I think
the only place of interest around here is the tobacco shop located on calle belascoaín. Here in
Cuba there is something called a circle of elders are a series of institutions created to
attend to the elderly and this is one of the activities that they do exercises in the
mornings in certain places this is one of them. If we walk there we reach the street
mount, we have already walked there. Among the most prominent personalities who have lived here
in this neighborhood is joseíto fernández the author of the guajira guantanamera song, one that
everyone knows, Cubans and non-Cubans. Well we are getting closer to the church let's take a look ...
What you are seeing here is the church of San Judas Tadeo.
Let's turn around so they see her head on
and there they have the famous classic cars that many love, well, here they do not enter
many modern cars except those that are for tourism that after a few
years of exploitation, the state sells them at three and four times their original price. To
church of San Judas Tadeo every October 28 the believers come to offer their respects to the
apostle of lost causes. Coincidentally around the corner there was always a landfill
garbage a health problem that the authorities do not echo ... well it seems
that is collected! And that what you are seeing here is what we vulgarly call in Cuba a
diver, a person who looks for things in the garbage, things that sometimes they even sell on the street.
The first place a Cuban goes when he goes out in the morning is to the bakery,
As you know here, bread has risen in price, it is no longer worth a nickel now
it is worth two pesos and the quality really remains the same, sometimes even worse. When
Inspectors stop by the bakery then get better for a few days and then go back to what
same. Here they see the Lord with his bundle of loaves. I had explained to them in previous videos the
Cuban diet what it consists of: flours and sugars. Things for sale, here is something very normal
find people selling anything on their doorstep. A while ago I was talking to you
that this is not a very touristy place beyond the tobacco factory that is located
in belascoaín, and I would say that the cigar makers who sell this on the left as
we say here, in black as they say in other countries, they must be rubbing their hands right now with the
opening of tourism and it is not for less since a tourist gets excited when they are proposed in the street
a box of cigars at a price 70% lower than what it would cost in state stores.
(dialogue between neighbors) -Aren't you going to buy yogurt? (soy) -haa because people are taking everything, they take up to five bags of yogurt
Yes, as you just heard! the typical soy yogurt . Let me tell you that here soy is in
many foods, even in oil, soybean oil is the most common here. Returning to the topic of
the tobaccos, yes, they have to be very careful with that because they can be hoaxed.
This has always been a very active neighborhood, very hot as we say here, since 1902
people participated in demonstrations and so it was also on July 11, this was one of those
neighborhoods where it was so notorious that some leaders came here in their cars with their escort.
This discomfort is logical since this is not a privileged neighborhood like San Leopoldo is,
as are others in Old Havana, here if they remove the electricity here if there is no water.
Let me know in your comments if this is normal in your countries.
that remove the electrical fluid that is missing from the water. Let me know.
Today is November 15 family.
It was predictable that in this area there would be no movement but from queen to there it is
That street that you are seeing here may run out of luck so I am going to record in another way.
So let's take a look at what 's going on and see what people are doing.
(Recording has become difficult, no matter what it is)
The central park has been full of policemen, even in plain clothes.
There have been mobilizations for military exercises for the day of national defense
Time is still paralyzed .....
Acts of revolutionary reaffirmation in state entities.
And that was the family day, with complications, chicken, sausage, mincemeat.
That's what I saw on my tour walking through some of the streets
most central of Havana. In a while we will begin the second part of the video-
In the night..
Family it is already a little late it is approximately 10:30 in the
evening. We are now going to see that famous ceremony that is made here to give it all three
turns to the ceiba. How come I am accompanied by Rocí, or you already know her from another direct
above, a direct one that we did right here, walking at night.
And we're already getting closer to the place so let's take a look at that.
Welcome to the "Templete", an iconic place in Old Havana, we are going to attend one of
the oldest traditions in Havana, the three tours of the ceiba tree. A tradition that is
takes place every November 16, for some reason it is being done today 15. A marked tradition
by the syncretism between the African and Spanish cultures , where kings and queens have lined up,
Presidents, scientists and ordinary Havanans to ask that their wishes come true.
We are a little lost here, we did not know if it was here or if it was
here, we who have had to go all the way around this part and then get here.
-And it's raining a little ... -I'd say it's raining quite a bit.
I want to take this opportunity to welcome all those new subscribers to the channel
and to also congratulate Elías who was on the 19th of this month, Marta who is today
21. to Jeferson Landínez on the 22nd, to Félix from Mexico on the 23rd, to Francisco
Mederos that he meets on the 26th and send a special greeting to Miguel Valenzuela.
-And I'm going to tell you, I don't know this ceiba because this one is new but the other one that was before did grant wishes
-I asked him for one and he gave me 3.
-Look, she worked in the position that was up ahead and I made the eye (show interest in Cuban) and I asked the ceiba and she gave it to me.
-But he also gave me the son and the mother-in-law .. to be complete (laughs)
-Go ahead friends.
-Good night thank you
-Come on.
-Moreno remember that it is only 3 laps.
-Yeah, I'm done here.
-That you have been going around for a long time (laughs)
-Tomorrow I go to the store in MLC, I have to ask him (laughs)
-For that, take a piece of the ceiba ...
Well family ... without a doubt one of the most important ceremonies in Havana, I think it started
in 1519. I don't know how many skies have passed through there, this is not the first this is a new one,
the previous one was removed by the one who was causing problems to the structure and
Soil mainly, since the roots were too big and then it was new. You must be wondering what
it was what we wanted. Well, I can let you guess ... Family, a pleasure to have shared
with you this video on a day that did not happen everything we hoped would have happened, but nothing, like
always a pleasure to be with you. Let me know in the comments what you think of what you saw,
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See you next week in another video.