{"id":27999,"date":"2014-05-09T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T19:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oncubamagazine.com\/?p=27999"},"modified":"2014-05-09T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T20:01:12","slug":"the-hill-and-its-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/society-cuba\/cuban-traditions\/the-hill-and-its-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The hill and its cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are more than 400 steps. One by one they lead you to it. Then you arrive and find it stunning, watching, in its place nothing escapes her. At her feet everyone is, some watch, others freeze it in a snapshot that may land on a table or on the door of a refrigerator, are those who kneel in supplication and whisper begs and promises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the candles melt at the altar, more than one visitor contemplates the city she seems to dominate. Holguin is a bunch of tiny squares from the Loma de la Cruz, that&#8217;s why people get carried away with the climbing, because nobody wants to miss the breeze, the view, or the Cross that grants wishes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no Holguin without its mystical summit, and neither is without its famous Romerias (Pilgrimage). In May , a crowd populates the streets at all times , and the former Cerro Bayado is at his old place, letting them walk over him, custodian of all , symbol of a legend , keeper of untold secrets.<\/p>\n<div style='display:none' class=\"jeg_preview_slider gallery_1\" data-selector='gallery_1'>\n                        <div class=\"jeg_preview_holder\">\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_media\">\n                        <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_holder\">\n                            <h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n                            <div class=\"fullscreen-switch\">\n                                <i class=\"fa\"><\/i>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content\">\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content_holder_padding\">\n                                    <div class=\"jeg_preview_media_content_holder\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                    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La Loma de la Cruz was known as Cerro Bayado, and from May 3, 1790 adopted its current name<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>2. At the beginning of the known May Festival youngsters leads the traditional climbing<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>3. No matter the height or the sweltering heat, everyone comes to be part of the centuries-old tradition<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>4. The first cross was piggybacked by Fray Francisco Antonio de Alegria, who started the religious tradition called the Pilgrimage of the Cross<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>5. The symbol of the city of Holguin has 464 steps and is 261 meters high<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <script>\n                            var gallery_1 = {\n                                rtl: false,\n                                native_zoom: true,\n                                zoom_max: 5,\n                                zoom_step: 40,\n                                image_sequence: []\n                            };\n                        <\/script>\n                    <\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28010\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oncubanews.com\/wmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-10.jpg\"><img 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From there, the entire city<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>2. Faith drives devotees to the summit to fulfill their promises<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>3. To this day comes a tradition that is defended by each Holguin inhabitant as faithful heritage<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>4. Here the requests and promises remain through offerings<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div><div class=\"jeg_hidden_preview_description\">\n                                <h3>5. From 1790 to date there have been three crosses guarding the top<\/h3>\n                                <div class=\"jeg_preview_description_content\">\n                                    \n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <script>\n                            var gallery_2 = {\n                                rtl: false,\n                                native_zoom: true,\n                                zoom_max: 5,\n                                zoom_step: 40,\n                                image_sequence: []\n                            };\n                        <\/script>\n                    <\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28018\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oncubanews.com\/wmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28018\" alt=\"It\u2019s almost a must for the visitor to the city\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oncubanews.com\/wmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-13.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-13.jpg 550w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-13-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It\u2019s almost a must for the visitor to the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28019\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oncubanews.com\/wmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28019\" alt=\"It has been declared a Historic Monument of Colonial Archaeology of the Cuban nation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oncubanews.com\/wmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-14.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-14.jpg 550w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/foto-14-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It has been declared a Historic Monument of Colonial Archaeology of the Cuban nation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more than 400 steps. 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