Cuba like you've never seen

Cockfighting is still common throughout Cuba. Here, a man trains his fighting rooster in the main plaza of Cienfuegos. (Culture Xplorers)

After demonstrating how to roll a Cuban cigar, a tobacco grower's daughter lights one up for observers to try. (Culture Xplorers)

Music is an indelible part of the Cuban spirit. Here, a young jazz musician practices with a community group called Korimakao in the Zapata Peninsula. (Culture Xplorers)

Dominos is a national pastime in Cuba. Here, residents of Trinidad enjoy a sidewalk game. (Culture Xplorers)

A Quinceañera (a girl turning 15) celebrates with her family outside the cathedral in Cienfuegos. (Culture Xplorers)

Oxen are still commonly used in Viñales to till the soil and bring in the tobacco harvest. (Culture Xplorers)

Lázaro is the hard-working patriarch of a tobacco farming family in Viñales. (Culture Xplorers)

A car parked beside a crumbling wall in Cojimar. This is the fishing village that inspired Hemingway's classic novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'." (Culture Xplorers)

A young girl skips rope along one of Trinidad's iconic cobblestone streets. (Culture Xplorers)

Cuba's organic farming began out of sheer necessity in the early 1990's after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now, its progressive permaculture practices are seen as models for other countries. (Culture Xplorers)