Culture of Expertise Project: Cuba

The face is considered the mirror soul. In Cuba, some gestures like cover your mouth with your hand, or touching your nose or also pull your shirt or rubbing your eyes are considered like you are saying a lie or you are a false person. The way you look someone is considered super important because they think that with the expresión of the eyes you could fall in love, they also think that when you have eyes wide open you express surprise or admiration and when your eyes are a Little bit close you are reflecting that you are disagree, they also say that when they are talking to you and you look at them and stare into the eyes you are a trustworthy person and when someone looks down when you are talking is reflecting guilt and he also could be unreliable. Hands are very important to them because they think that hands talk, they consider that when palms are open and looking up they are transmitting honesty and when you have the hands closed or you point something you are dominant a

Hofstede´s work was one of the earliest attempts to use extensive statistical data to examine cultural values.  We will talk about topics in 5 Hofstede's list in Cuba culture.  1. Evil vs good  Cuba is a very religious country, so they believe good and bad exists and that people are born good and they need to keep it that way, they are a Latin American country so it´s normal Catholicism is an important part of the culture.  2. Moral vs immoral  As a religious country, Cuba has a lot of rules about morality, they need to be morally good in order to have access to heaven, they don´t have rules against tattoos or dying your hair different colors, it´s more about the actions you do in your everyday life.  3. Ugly vs beautiful  Cubans are really narcissistic, they´re known for plastic surgeries and they like to be curvy and have big brests, for men they have to be well dressed.    4. Decent vs indecent  As a really Catholic place, they have rules against inde

NATIONAL FLOWER: MARIPOSA The scientific name is Hedychium coronarium, of the family of the Zingiberaceae. Original from Vietnam. It is a beautiful white flower, one and a half meters high. Because of it, color is relational with purity and peace. It was used as a sort of key among the women who participated in the liberation wars of the 19th century. The butterfly is also a symbol of delicacy, grace, and slenderness of the Cuban woman. NATIONAL BIRD: THE TOCORORO This bird has on him the three colors of the flag. it does not survive the captivity It is located mainly in the Sierra de Los Órganos, Ciénaga de Zapata, Escambray, mountainous complex of the Sierra Maestra, and Isla de la Juventud. It prefers forests of all kinds, and also pine forests. It is also called “Guatani” NATIONAL TREE: THE ROYAL PALM Known by all Cubans as the queen of our fields, for the majesty of its structure, its peculiar size, its strength, usefulness and for being the most numerous