Cuba Nostalgia is an annual three-day festival in
Little Havana, a neighbourhood in
Miami
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,
Florida
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, where
Cuban-Americans
Cuban Americans ( es, cubanoestadounidenses or ''cubanoamericanos'') are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cuban descent or t ...
celebrate Cuba as it was before
Castro
Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''.
...
. The festival has also hosted a database to reconnect those who were trafficked from Cuba as children during
Operation Peter Pan.
References
External links
Cuba Nostalgia Official Site
Cuban-American culture in Miami
Cultural festivals in the United States
Latin American festivals
Nostalgia in the United States
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