>richness of Cuban black folk-religious culture? In the
>Caribbean, I mean.


If the embargo wouldn't have happened maybe Cuba would be on par with Brazil with their Santeria/Candomble houses and such

Ile Aiye and Olodum are the biggest groups of their type in Brazil.
I wonder what the equivalent would have become in Cuba over the last 50 years?

Domincan Republic has a large Black population but not as much Santeria going on.
That's reserved for the Haiti side of Hispaniola.

But then again,
I'm not sure how much Santeria I witnessed in Cuba either.
But in Brazil candomble's presence was THICK