Caribbeans have a reputation for being laid back, personified by reggae & weed.

Cubans definitely buck that image as hardworking & resourceful citizens, although of course they love their music & dance.

However Cuban dance is far more rigorous than its Jamaican counterpart. Salsa owes much of its roots to Cuba with rumba, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, mambo, and many other dances influencing how salsa is danced today.

On my 2017 visit, music & dance featured highly. The lady below depicts how seriously it is taken.