Havana Biennial 2012 [Havana Cultura]

Something odd is happening on the Paseo del Prado. Dancers are marching – or rather, sliding and swirling – along Havana's main colonial artery, masks on their faces, feathers on their heads, while musicians trail behind, bugles blaring, beating the rhythm with drums, cowbells, frying pans and anything else that makes a racket. What's odd is that all the performers are wearing dark costumes – not a spec of fuchsia anywhere – and none are smiling, making this procession look more like a funeral than a carnival. It's like a zombie remake of a Día de los Reyes celebration, the kind that has been absent from the Paseo for more than 100 years. Another thing: everyone is moving backwards. http://havana-cultura.com/en/visual-arts/11th-havana-biennial-2012

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Havana Cultura is an initiative of Cuban rum maker Havana Club International S.A.