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You simply can't avoid music, and people dancing to it, anywhere you go in Cuba. Much of the playing is of an amazingly high standard, although you do tend to hear the same bunch of songs a lot: Chan Chan, Guantanamera, Comandante Che Guevara...

Entertainment on board the train from Trinidad to the Valle de los Ingenios. This guy worked really hard - and he wasn't bad.
Entertainment on board the train from Trinidad to the...
Edris, a member of Manacanabo at the Valle de los Ingenios. He speaks excellent English and is here demonstrating the marimbula.
Edris, a member of Manacanabo at the Valle de los...
Edris from Manacanabo again, with a tres, the distinctive Cuban guitar variant.
Edris from Manacanabo again, with a tres, the...
Superb band Las Cuevas who played on the steps every night we were in Trinidad.
Superb band Las Cuevas who played...
[ Grupo las Cuevas ]
A really good performance we happened upon in Trinidad.
A really good performance we...
[ Impromptu show ]
A band we saw briefly when we passed this little courtyard in Trinidad. As usual, pretty good.
A band we saw briefly when we passed this little...
The impressive lobby of the Teatro Principal in Camagüey.
The impressive lobby of the Teatro...
[ Teatro Principal ]
The lady in the flowered dress seemed to be the matriarch of the Casa de la Trova in Camagüey.
The lady in the flowered dress...
[ Casa de la Trova ]
The old couple we were introduced to at the Casa de la Trova in Santiago, who sang Besame Mucho for us...
The old couple we were introduced to at the Casa de...
...They also sang some revolutionary ballads, and he showed us his scars from fighting in the revolution.
...They also sang some revolutionary ballads, and he...
Los Jubilados del Caribe, playing in the street in Santiago.
Los Jubilados del Caribe, playing in the street in...
The Baracoa town band on Sunday morning - pretty good too, especially the drummer.
The Baracoa town band on Sunday...
[ Baracoa town band ]
Teatro Amadeo Roldan in Havana, the main concert hall and home of the national symphony orchestra.
Teatro Amadeo Roldan in Havana, the main concert hall...
A decoration inside the concert hall (taken rather hurriedly without flash).
A decoration inside the concert hall (taken rather...
The dining room at the top of the Hotel Sevilla, Havana, with the pianist in the corner, who went round asking for requests.
The dining room at the top of the Hotel Sevilla...
A double bass ready for use in the bar at the tobacco vega outside Viñales.
A double bass ready for use in the bar at the tobacco...
A decent band by the pool at the Los Jazmines hotel outside Viñales. We also saw them in the town.
A decent band by the pool at the Los Jazmines hotel...
A group of street entertainers near the cathedral in Habana Vieja.
A group of street entertainers near the cathedral in...
The same group of street entertainers.
The same group of street entertainers.
Part of an Afro-Cuban dance performance at the Museo del Carnaval in Santiago.
Part of an Afro-Cuban dance...
[ Carnival Museum ]
Part of an Afro-Cuban dance display we were privileged to be invited to in Baracoa.
Part of an Afro-Cuban dance display we were...
Another part of the same display. The musicians are the same band we saw several times at the Casa de la Trova.
Another part of the same display. The musicians are...

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