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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramIsaac Duenas (L) and apprentice Ramon Zepeda putting gigante costume onto Isaac's son David - North Miami Beach, Florida.
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Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series 1640, Isaac Duenas, Farola and Gigante Figure Making ; Box 15, FF1
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Ethnicity, Cuban
Teaching of folklore
Craft
Handicraft
Costume
Ethnic costume
Ethnic arts
Arts, Cuban
Giant processional figures
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
Mentoring in the arts
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
Cuban American men--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
Cuban Americans
Apprentices
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Isaac Duenas, a Cuban-American from North Miami Beach, makes farolas, gigantes, and rooster figures to celebrate the holiday honoring La Virgen de la Candelaria, the patron saint of San Antonio de las Vueltas, Cuba.
Duenas is training his son, David Duenas, and Ramon Zepeda to make the ritual figures. The apprentices want to learn the tradition as a way to become more familiar with their cultural roots and to teach it to their children.
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