Cuba Carnival
The parades for Carnival in Cuba are an art form in themselves, they are a mix of music, dance, costumes and social pride Unlike carnivals in other parts of the world taking place just before Lent, Carnival in Santiago de Cuba is celebrated in July at the St. Jago festival, patron saint of the city, it is also a national event, as in July 1955, Fidel Castro was able to enter the city of Santiago de Cuba, under the cover of Carnival, and start the Cuban Revolution for Cubans, July 26 is the day of their Designs independence parades are based on patriotism and are built with cheap materials, unlike carnivals in New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro, which are commercial companies and expensive because of the intense heat of the sun, these parades start at ten o'clock last night until three in the morning, the parades last u do week.
My paper will discuss Cuba Carnival as a form of art Carnival in Santiago de Cuba is a national holiday, which is highlighted by parades The parades are a combination of Cuban music, dance based on Latin various ethnic backgrounds to Spain, Africa, and China, and colorful costumes Each group presents part of the procession is unique to all other groups Some reconstitute the history of Cuba, including the Spanish colonization, the rise of slavery, and their independence from slavery, the Spanish, and Batista others design their e presentations regime to entertain the children, including a favorite heading other Big Heads reflect an African ethnic heritage majority my paper will cover the mixture of different art elements of music, dance and costumes.
Keywords Parades, costumes, dance, music, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Castro.
Chairman, Department of Theater and Dance, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville United States.
Initially I of the northeastern part of the United States I grew up on Long Island and attended undergraduate school in Upstate New York I taught for three years at Vassar College before my return to receive an MFA Design in Theater from Brandeis University.
My work for thirty years and has been in the teaching theater college My main area of expertise is in the design of the theater, especially the design of the stage, costume design, and multi-media I became an expert in computer graphics and created several -Media projections for over thirty productions.
During the summer of 2004, I attended a symposium on the costume designs for the Carnival in Santiago de Cuba There I visited with many artists working to create fashion shows for the festival I also documented active conferences with over eight hours of video and events created a web page I go back to Cuba in the summer of 2005 and photographed the shows.
International Conference on the Arts in Society - 2006.
Carnival Parades in Santiago de Cuba, carnival, parades, Santiago, Cuba.