Tobacco farmer rides by in his horse drawn buggy
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Tobacco drying in the sun. Credit: Cody Duncan
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Stories are a communal currency of humanity. –Tahir
A tobacco farmer shows us the ropes on cigar making
In contrast to the sometimes tumultuous nature of our modern lives, Cuba, for better or worse, retains a slow, connected life. And that’s what I wanted to experience on my journey to the isolated country. I found that as our world changes constantly, Cuban’s ask, “Why change at all?” As I visit with the locals, I encounter a man who welcomes me into ‘the slow.’ Traditional storytelling may be less encountered in modern society, but it will forever remain a priceless experience, especially when immersing in different cultures. As this man sat and smoked his hand rolled, archetypal tobacco cigar and narrated his stories to me, I wish I could have sat there and listened forever.
ymore info: The stories this old man could tell would captivate you for countless hours
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