{"id":304436,"date":"2024-06-24T15:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=304436"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:19:44","slug":"cuba-my-dear-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba, my dear spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was walking down a street in Centro Habana when I ran into an open window from which Benny Mor\u00e9\u2019s voice came out with his \u201cLajas, mi rinc\u00f3n querido, pueblo donde yo nac\u00ed\u201d (Lajas, my dear spot, town where I was born). I stopped and I stayed close to the house to listen. I stood there until the end of the song. I continued with my camera in hand and, while photographing, the King of Rhythm\u2019s voice sounded in my head like a ritornello.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The street and its people. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Street vegetable vendor. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Small beauty parlor. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
The bride\u00b4s day. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A spot is a small and generally set aside space within a larger place; in a room, a house, or even outdoors. They are usually intimate areas, in which to find some privacy or tranquility. Metaphorically, it can be a personal refuge, a place full of significant memories; a starting point, a destination, and a return.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
View of the Malec\u00f3n. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Returning to these spaces is a way to keep personal and collective history alive. While walking through the streets of a city that welcomed me for years, a series of images loaded with nuances are arrayed before my camera. Surely it was always like that; but the distance makes the gaze acquire some foreign, strange look; while still being close.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The city\u2019s great sofa. In the background, El Morro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
The Malec\u00f3n has historically been a lovers\u2019 site. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cuba, and its people, are my dear spot. It will always be, as a lifesaver in the middle of the open sea. I treasure, under any circumstance and anywhere, the voices, looks, gestures, smells, sounds, flavors, and laughs of this corner of the world. When I again make contact with all that, my connection with the beloved spot is renewed with overwhelming force.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Centro Habana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Pioneers. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Passerby against the light. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Between the sun and the gray clouds. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Havana coast. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3262,"featured_media":304438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34912],"tags":[12155,17495,24577],"ppma_author":[33930],"class_list":["post-304436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-the-road-gallery","tag-cuban-photography","tag-cuban-traditions","tag-havana-city"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OnCubaNews English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kaloian Santos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kaloian Santos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kaloian Santos\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07\"},\"headline\":\"Cuba, my dear spot\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cuban photography\",\"Cuban traditions\",\"Havana city\"],\"articleSection\":[\"On the road\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2024\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07\"},\"description\":\"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":665,\"caption\":\"Havana skies. Photo: Kaloian.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/digital-channel\\\/gallery\\\/on-the-road-gallery\\\/cuba-my-dear-spot\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cuba, my dear spot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"OnCubaNews English\",\"description\":\"Revista sobre Cuba\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07\",\"name\":\"Kaloian Santos\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpga73cd2808718835412ad816fbf762be2\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Kaloian Santos\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/Cabrera\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kaloian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English","description":"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English","og_description":"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.","og_url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/","og_site_name":"OnCubaNews English","article_published_time":"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":665,"url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kaloian Santos","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kaloian Santos","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/"},"author":{"name":"Kaloian Santos","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07"},"headline":"Cuba, my dear spot","datePublished":"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/"},"wordCount":433,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg","keywords":["cuban photography","Cuban traditions","Havana city"],"articleSection":["On the road"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2024","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/","name":"Cuba, my dear spot | OnCubaNews English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-24T19:19:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07"},"description":"A spot can be a personal refuge, a place full of memories; a starting point and also a destination, a return.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fotos-Kaloian-03-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":665,"caption":"Havana skies. Photo: Kaloian."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/on-the-road-gallery\/cuba-my-dear-spot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cuba, my dear spot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/","name":"OnCubaNews English","description":"Revista sobre Cuba","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d6ec6155feb67a55ffc8bef7963b6e07","name":"Kaloian Santos","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpga73cd2808718835412ad816fbf762be2","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpg","caption":"Kaloian Santos"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Cabrera"],"url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/author\/kaloian\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":33930,"user_id":3262,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kaloian","display_name":"Kaloian Santos","avatar_url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kaloian-Santos_avatar_1480806204-96x96.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304451,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304436\/revisions\/304451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304436"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=304436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}