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Brother Marie-Victorin on the Varadero beach, with his sisters and a friends, 1939
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Plant fibres for a host of uses



In the streets of the village, the chicken vendor keeps them in a "yagua". At Christmas, the turkey arrives still alive and neatly wrapped up like a letter in a "yagua" with just its head poking out.

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A "yagua" has a multitude of uses: wrapping for tobacco, in fact packaging of all kinds; also cables, baskets and shoes (photo).


Cuban hats made from palm fibres.

Photo: Michel Tremblay, JBM
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