
{"id":293400,"date":"2023-12-18T18:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=293400"},"modified":"2023-12-18T18:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T23:44:05","slug":"missing-old-lazaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/missing-old-lazaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing old L\u00e1zaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I were in Havana today, I would surely be at El Rinc\u00f3n, taking photos and more photos of the faithful and pilgrims who come every year to the Sanctuary of San L\u00e1zaro to ask for miracles, especially health for themselves and their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>But I am far from my island and it is time to remember the many times I have been there on December 17 or the day before, always in search of some first-rate photo, which I prefer not to say if I achieved it or not. It is also time to remember the friends with whom I shared, the colleagues and family, especially my father, son of San L\u00e1zaro, who is no longer with me and perhaps has met with good Babal\u00fa Ay\u00e9 in some corner of the universe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293405\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293405\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-1-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Human faith knows no limits. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In case any non-Cuban reads me, I clarify that San L\u00e1zaro, the miraculous, is also known as Babal\u00fa Ay\u00e9, in Afro-Cuban cults. Or he is simply called, colloquially and affectionately, The Old Man. San L\u00e1zaro is one and all at the same time, everyone adores him and asks him from their religion, but with the same faith that he will hear their prayers and, almost certainly, will work the saving miracle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293406\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293406\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-6-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A penitent dressed as old Babal\u00fa Ay\u00e9 arrives at the Sanctuary of El Rinc\u00f3n. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Because our San L\u00e1zaro, the one to whom we bring candles and purple flowers, to whom we go dressed in rough jute sack fabric, is not an inert saint. Our dear Babal\u00fa Ay\u00e9 is a guy who \u201cworks.\u201d I doubt he will have enough time to satisfy all the orders he receives every December 17, from all corners of the island. But he resolves, pleases his faithful, saves them from illnesses and misfortunes and every year people return to entrust him with their most difficult problems in search of his miraculous help.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293407\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293407\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-5-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sacrifice of parents who ask for health for their children. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293408\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293408\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-2-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promise keeper. One of many who come to El Rinc\u00f3n every year. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I would like to teleport myself right now to Boyeros, walk to El Rinc\u00f3n alongside the faithful who crawl with heavy stones or chains, those who walk with their children on their shoulders, asking for a cure for some bad disease or those who walk on their knees atoning for their sins or letting the candle wax burn and martyr their hands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293409\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293409\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-7-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promise keepers are never alone. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And taking photos left and right of the strangers who walk en mass to the altar of San L\u00e1zaro, the Catholic. Talk to people with that confidence and relaxation that only happens, I&#8217;m very sure, among us Cubans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293410\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293410\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-11-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People come to El Rinc\u00f3n dressed in jute, in a humble manner, like old Babal\u00fa. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293411\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293411\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-12-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman walks on all fours keeping a promise to old L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293412\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293412\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-4-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man lets candle wax burn his hands while he prays to San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What will people ask for in 2023? The last few years have been very hard for the beloved island. Devastating. I suppose that this December my compatriots will be saturating San L\u00e1zaro with requests perhaps impossible to resolve for his holiness.<\/p>\n<p>I want to think that many will ask that the country get back on track, that it move forward, that the eternal crisis in which we live and that seems to last forever and ever comes to an end, that our leaders look more inward and that we all work for a better country, for a nation that we feel proud to bequeath to our children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293413\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293413\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-9-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iconographic summary. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But many will ask to leave. Far away, that life is just one and you have to live it. They will ask for visas that old Babal\u00fa will not be able to get, visas that are difficult to obtain, impossible in many cases.<\/p>\n<p>And that is sad, that we prefer to leave \u2014 at this point I include myself \u2014 to try to make amends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293414\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293414\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/San-Lazaro-Rincon-Alejandro-Ernesto-3-1140x760-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What will my compatriots ask for this December 17? Photo: Alejandro Ernesto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to teleport myself right now to Boyeros, walk to El Rinc\u00f3n alongside the faithful who crawl with heavy stones or chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3761,"featured_media":293404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34643],"tags":[17495,19256,20609],"ppma_author":[34081,33546],"class_list":["post-293400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery","tag-cuban-traditions","tag-featured","tag-religion-in-cuba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Missing old L\u00e1zaro | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I would like to teleport myself 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