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Nostalgia travels with us wherever we go. It appears when we least imagine it, whether we emigrate and do not return to the port that once saw us leave or, on the contrary, if we remain anchored in the place where, by chance, one day we were born. But it does not manifest itself as simple melancholy and longing for what was, but rather it is an emotional richness. More than past it is present.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 42, I have lived longer outside of Holgu\u00edn, the city where I was born, grew up and from which one day, at the age of 20, I took flight to other destinations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A grandfather takes his grandson to play at Calixto Garc\u00eda Park. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I return to my beloved homeland frequently, and perhaps because time has distanced us without being able to avoid it, during my last visits I walked through the City of Parks and took photographs. I did it with nostalgia, but \u201cgood nostalgia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It happened without me realizing it; I didn\u2019t notice them until days later, back in Argentina (where I\u2019ve lived for more than a decade). When reviewing the images captured, I discovered that there was a prism of longing for moments, people, places or situations from the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bejuco barbershop, where I regularly used to get a haircut. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The same situations, places and people that, while I lived in Holgu\u00edn, were familiar to me, part of everyday life and that I would never have thought of photographing, this time absorbed my attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holgu\u00edn is a vast storehouse of memories in my life. Indelible traces persist in me, like the house at number 191 Agramonte Street, where I grew up. The electric pole on the block, resisting the passage of time and raising intertwined cables, continues to be for me the base for playing hide-and-seek.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The peanut vendor dressed in bright colors who proclaims \u201cIf there is no money, there is no peanuts.\u201d Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can visualize myself submerged in my elementary school pool, even though it is now dry and almost abandoned; in a young complicit smiling couple; in a group of children playing ball in San Jos\u00e9 Park; or when crossing the empty and desolate Calixto Garc\u00eda Park at dawn, imagining it full, on a Saturday night, when I used to meet there with my friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The veteran watchmaker on Maceo Street. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I feel great familiarity when I come across iconic characters of the city who, even though they don\u2019t know me, inspire in me, like most Holgu\u00edn residents, a feeling of closeness: Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles, librarian and founder of the Alex Urquiola Provincial Library for more than sixty years, and in charge of the Art Room that I used to visit in my adolescence; the watchmaker on Maceo Street, always with his cigar; the peanut vendor with his striking color combinations and his proclamation \u201cI exchange peanuts for money\u201d; or the postman who delivers the newspaper in the neighborhood on his bicycle every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The neighborhood postman and newspaper deliveryman. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good nostalgia is never bitter and acts as a bridge between the past and the present. It allows me to maintain a sense of continuity, reminding me of who I was, and who I am now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles Rodr\u00edguez, founder of the Alex Urquiola Provincial Library for more than sixty years and in charge of the Art Room. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The particular hustle and bustle in the streets of the city center where bike taxis and bicycles predominate. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two icons of Holgu\u00edn: El Angelote, a statue located in San Jos\u00e9 Park and behind it, the Loma de la Cruz. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A baseball game in San Jos\u00e9 Park. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Self-portrait in the old pool of the Ateneo Deportivo Fernando de Dios Bu\u00f1uel, where I attended primary school and learned to swim. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The house on 191 Agramonte Street and the electricity pole where we used as the hide-and-seek base. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Love and complicity always surround the city. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It is a tradition to ride on a car through the city center on the wedding day. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Calixto Garc\u00eda Park on a wet morning. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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