Halloween is happening somewhere around Cuba and “fun-abiding” citizens are celebrating the day in style. Did I just wrote “style”?
October 31 is a day for the living dead but this is neither a video game nor a movie. The war is one. And we’re taking the battle down to the spiritual realm. Are you with me? Just kidding.
These are some pictures from Cuba, compiled by Christina Tkacik of Baltimoresun.
Devil costumed Luis Ramos photographs his girlfriend Alannis Rodriguez, sporting a she-devil costume, holding her pug dressed as a baby at a Halloween party in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Trick-or-treating hasn’t taken root, but across Cuba this weekend, elementary, high school and college students were dressing up, dancing and enjoying a festivity that few knew as children. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A young man dressed as Batman waits atop a Vespa scooter, stored in the living room of a home at the start of a Halloween party in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Marta Perez, left, will be supervising the teen party, which her son is attending. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Youth in costume dancing during a Halloween party at a residence in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
The rising popularity of Halloween is one of many manifestations of the decades-long intermingling of Cuban and U.S. culture despite the half-century of hostility between the two countries’ governments. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Marilyn Alvarez lights jack-o-lanterns during a Halloween party at a residence in Havana, Cuba, late Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Inspired by pirated U.S. movies and television shows, young Cubans are turning American-style Halloween parties into the island’s latest trend. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Youth in costumes attend a Halloween party at a home in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
The costumes ranged from expensive imported rented outfits to handmade costumes cobbled together from items found around the house. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Marilyn Alvarez puts makeup on her daughter’s friend as they prepare for a Halloween party in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Cubans are immersed in U.S. popular culture and, increasingly, U.S. products brought by expatriates visiting family on the island. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Youth gather for a Halloween party in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
The costume party was held in the ground-floor apartment of a Soviet-era housing project in Cuba’s capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A young man in costume arrives for a Halloween party at a residence in Havana, Cuba, late Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.
Inspired by pirated U.S. movies and television shows, young Cubans are turning American-style Halloween parties into the island’s latest trend. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
