食物：
Cuban cuisine is a fusion of Spanish and Caribbean cuisines.Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish cooking,with some Caribbean influence in spice and flavor.Now food rationing,which has been the norm in Cuba for the last four decades,restricts the common availability of these dishes.Traditional Cuban meal would not be served in courses; rather all food items would be served at the same time.The typical meal could consist of plantains,black beans and rice,ropa vieja (shredded beef),Cuban bread,pork with onions,and tropical fruits.Black beans and rice,referred to as Platillo Moros y Cristianos (or moros for short),and plantains are staples of the Cuban diet.Many of the meat dishes are cooked slowly with light sauces.Garlic,cumin,oregano and bay leaves are the dominant spices.
宗教
Cuba is an officially atheist state; however,it has many faiths representing the widely varying culture.Catholicism was brought to the island by the Spanish,and is the most dominant faith.[132] It has eleven dioceses,56 orders of nuns and 24 orders of priests.In January 1998 Pope John Paul II paid a historic visit to the island,invited by the Cuban government and Catholic Church.
The religious landscape of Cuba is also strongly marked by syncretisms of various kinds.Catholicism is often practised in tandem with Santería,a mixture of Catholicism and other,mainly African,faiths that include a number of cult religions.La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (the Virgin of Cobre) is the Catholic patroness of Cuban,and a symbol of the Cuban culture.In Santería,She has been syncretized with the goddess Ochún.
Three hundred thousand Cubans belong to the island's 54 Protestant denominations.Pentecostalism has grown rapidly in recent years,and the Assemblies of God alone claims a membership of over 100,000 people.Cuba has small communities of Jews,Muslims and members of the Bahá'í Faith.Most Jewish Cubans are descendants of Polish and Russian Ashkenazi Jews who fled pogroms at the beginning of the 20th century.There is,however,a sizeable number of Sephardic Jews in Cuba,who trace their origin to Turkey.Most of these Sephardic Jews live in the provinces,although they maintain a synagogue in Havana.
