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CubaManiac
10-08-2001, 07:08 PM
MODERATOR NOTE !
REPOST OF CUBA FAN POST IN MANIA FORUM!!


" Francisco Morán, a Cuban poet who lives in Arlington, Va., and launched lahabanaelegante.com in the spring of 1998, has gone a step further.

He's reviving one of his favorite Havana traditions.

On Nov. 16, Cubans line up for hours before a "sacred'' ceiba tree at El Templete in Havana to get their turn at circling the tree and making a wish. The tradition celebrates the city's first Mass.

Now Morán is asking Cubans from around the world to e-mail their wishes to lahabanaelegante.com.

At midnight on Nov. 16, he'll post on the website a picture of the old ceiba -- and the wishes of the Cuban community in cyberspace."

FROM MIAMI HERALD ARTICLE TITLED...

The culture link: From history to humor to literary works, websites offer access to all things Cuban !

see the whole article here http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/oct01/08e3.htm