All across Cuba all this week Cubans are honoring the life of Jose Marti, the famed poet who was born in Havana on January 28th, 1853. He could have lived out his rich life in Paris, London, New York or wherever he desired but he returned to his beloved Cuba to fight in the island's Independence War against Spanish soldiers. He died in the Battle of Rio Cauto on May 19th, 1895. To this day in 2023 Jose Marti is roundly heralded on the island every day, especially on his BIRTHDAY. The children in Cuba particularly still celebrate Jose Marti's BIRTHDAY, as shown above by 9-year-old Mariana who is shown today in her favorite Spanish Dancer dress so she can dance in honor of the child-loving Jose Marti.
For sure, Jose Marti left behind many, many quotations that still resonate around the world, but the one above is the one that means the most to Cuban mothers in Cuba today: "Children are the hope of the world."
This was Mariana, the now 9-year-old Spanish Dancer who is dancing this week to honor Jose Marti's January 28th birthday. Even at Age 4, as she was when the photo above was taken, Mariana's mother posted on Facebook a truly beautiful video that showed the 4-year-old Mariana beautifully singing a song entitled "Marti!! Marti!!"
January 28th-1853 -- May19th, 1895!!!
The photo above was taken today -- January 27th, 2023 -- in Havana, the city where Jose Marti was born on January 28th, 1853. The 9-year-old Spanish Dancer Mariana today in Havana was dancing to honor Jose Marti's birthday, which is tomorrow!!!!
In Spanish the word "Patria" means "Homeland" and it was appropriately headlined around the world when the internationally renowned poet Jose Marti died on his return to Cuba to fight for Cuban independence against Spanish soldiers. Jose Marti died in the Battle of Rio Cauto on May 19, 1895...a bloody battle in which Spain won to keep control of Cuba. But the love that Jose Marti had for Cuba surely inspired future Cuban independent fighters...including a young lawyer named Fidel Castro in 1952!!
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