Palomar
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[dropcap]Raul [/dropcap] Cutiño; bike-taxi driver, family man, and one of the 15 families that live under the same roof in downtown Habana, has a very Cuban hobby. Raul invited me to his rooftop so he could show off his dove loft. What became evident, right in front of me was one of the most popular hobbies in this country – dove breeding. Raul and his friend Alberto Botello have been building up this place, so to speak, since they were very young, and they talk about these birds as if they were professional ornithologists. They know each of the differences between the birds they have raised, their care, their needs, their international value and even the way their wings should be fixed to manipulate their way of flying.
Like with every other hobby, the financial return is not the fuel that lights the passion. That one that keeps growing in Raul and Alberto over the years. They built this place with no profit interest and today they thank these birds for filling their lives with friendships, family, recognition and pride. In a country, where having any private possession is illegal or extremely expensive, the people with passion, like these two, can still feel proud of their dove loft, their hobby.
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text][dropcap]Invitado [/dropcap]por Raul Cutiño, conductor de bici-taxi y cabeza proveedora de una de las 15 familias que viven en una misma casa en Centro Habana, subimos a la azotea para que me mostrase su palomar. Lo que se evidencio ante mis ojos fue uno de los pasa-tiempos cubanos mas populares del país. Raul y su socio Alberto Botello, por así decirlo, han venido construyendo este lugar desde muy jóvenes y hablan de estas aves como si fueran ornitólogos de profesión. Conocen cada una de las diferencias que tienen las aves que crían, saben de sus cuidados, de su valor en el mercado internacional y hasta el corte que deben tener sus alas para manipular su forma de volar.
Como en todo pasa-tiempo el ingreso monetario no es el motor que aviva el lugar sino la pasión. Esa que sigue creciendo atreves de los años en Raúl y Alberto. Construyeron este lugar sin animo de lucro y hoy en día le agradecen a estas aves por llenar sus vidas de amistades, de familia, de conocimiento y orgullo. En un país en el cual tener algo propio es ilegal o extremadamente costoso, los apasionados como estos dos, pueden estar orgullosos de su palomar, su pasa-tiempo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”9859,9861,9860,9862,9863,9864,9865,9866,9867,9868,9869″ img_size=”full” column_number=”0″ grayscale=”no” space_between_images=”yes”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Sebastian Esguerra
Sebastián is a Graphic Designer and Photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. He competed his higher education in Buffalo, USA. After six months as an intern in a local letterpress and book arts studio he decided to go back to his home country, Colombia, where he has developed his focus on travel, street and Lifestyle photography.
Website: www.sesguerra.com
Instagram: @sesguerraj
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