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BACKSTAGE HAVANA

WORDS CHRISTA LARWOOD @clarwood PHOTOGRAPHS PHILIP LEE HARVEY @PhilipLeeHarvey
Potent symbols of Cuba adorn the streets of the capital Havana – from classic American cars and crumbling colonial buildings, to cigars and the national flag

TAKE A SPIN DOWN THE STREET OF ART AND DANCE

Callejón de Hamel is less a street than a kaleidoscope of colour. A famed centre of Havana street art, its walls are covered in bright murals the size of tennis courts, and every corner is filled with sculptures made from engine parts, horse shoes or bathtubs.

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