A suitcase ready to go around the block as soon as the clock strikes 12 and a new year begins, a bucket full of water thrown into the street, fireworks or firecrackers... I imagine that the farewell to 2024 in Havana, Cuba, had all this and more. But I can only talk about what happened in a small group of neighbours, those in front of my house and those next door.
Two or three firecrackers were heard in the distance, but I saw no fireworks in the sky. However, my next door neighbours are faithful to the tradition of uncorking a bubbly drink (Cider) at 12 midnight and toasting with it while burning the doll representing the year gone by. We were all invited.
I don't really feel like saying everything that comes to mind now about what happens to us every year on this island... the chaos we tend to live in and the lack of opportunities that makes people emigrate constantly... 😞 let's leave it at that, shall we?
Whenever we witness this burning we think that the fire will also consume our sorrows. The joys are untouchable. ;)
These photos were taken with my mobile phone. Open lens. And in that one below, where you see the light, it's because I asked a guy to run around the doll with his mobile phone lantern on, while the picture was taken in 30 seconds.
When the old year's show was over I went home to sleep. I thought fleetingly of my 2024, and saw myself in a good frame of mind to face this one, which has already turned three of its pages.
A hug to all those who know how to hug and to those who don't... well we can't burn them, like that doll. Lol.... let's hope they learn by next year.
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The video was shot with my AKASO Brave 4 action camera and edited with CapCut. The music is copyright free and available for download on Pixabay.
Music 1 by AlexGrohl Music 2 by Oleksii Kalyna
Original content by @nanixxx. All rights reserved ©, 2025.
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Love the eerie dramatic choice of initial backing music!
This looks really cool, burn that doll to hell!! 😃😃
🤣 To hell the doll, and may it take with it all the blackouts of the year... though I think this item slipped off the wish list because power cuts have started in other provinces.
Bloody power cuts. We don't get them really but when they do happen it is a palm. The doll will take them!
And thank you for the pixabay music thing, I had no idea they did that
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Oh, you didn't know? I'm glad I was useful to you! I think there is also music on pexels.
Beautiful 😍 burn that doll .... move away and happy new year 🎉 to you
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Fire is so beautiful... hahaha... me, the pyromaniac. Happy new year, friend Taha!
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Just what Buhito likes to do, burn hahaha 😂
The power of music, the same scenario can be terrifying or melancholic if you just choose the right song 👀
Interesting way to say goodbye to the old year! 🦉 BURN!!!!! hahaha
Did you see that? I'm sure buhito would have been organising this whole burning thing earlier in the day to make a diabolical ritual out of the brains of the guests.
I've never seen this way of saying goodbye to the year... or maybe I have but it's very symbolic. It makes you think quite a lot....
The first music... I thought they were going to burn a witch... I'd better fly away!
Well, there's always a first time hahaha... that day I'm sure the witches were watching us from the bushes. 😄
I'd better run away or cast a spell hahahaha
Happy New Year @nanixxx, I'm talking to you about the video. When I started watching it I was surprised by the music, at the end of the video I have set myself a goal this year: to accompany myself with the right music. Little noise and good vibes.
I wish you all the best for this new year. A big hug.
A wise goal for this year, my good friend @enraizar. 😉 I wish you all the best too: health, abundance, joy, peace and quiet, enjoyment, full happiness... And I also wish that you don't disappear from my life, although I know it's something I shouldn't wish for, you know, because of that free will thing.
A big big hug
Free will is sacred, no doubt. I can't say for sure how long I'll be on Hive, I'm not usually very faithful to platforms, that's just me. But, I never abandon the people I love, it's another thing if they abandon me, it's their right. Their free will.
In this crossroads your desire coincides with my free will, with my desire.
A big hug @nanixxx.
Well, abandonment is something we have to deal with. It happens. And it's part of growing up to understand that it's normal, that that person was there to teach you something, isn't it?
Life can be very simple and at the same time very complex. I don't want to make so many messes in my mind. I just know that I don't change my mind from one day to the next, and that when I love, I give myself without reserve. I don't think this is good... you see? We need to have a balance. What a mess. Better to be a hermit with a few friends.
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Yes, with some friends, it is better to be hermits, with others, it is better to keep a certain distance, and with others it is better to love them too much. As you will see, I am not a supporter of the middle ground... nor of the balance always, .... anyway, I am not saying that this is not a mess. 😁
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Happy hugging new year to you @nanixxx
With hugs and good people around us who are also friends we are guaranteed the best year ever. 😃
Thank you, 🤗
Yup...and that's a fact!
beautiful documentation of the tradition !
Thank you, Victor. 😉
Sending a big hug right back at you.
Amazing pictures.
P.S. That doll looks a lot like a scarecrow 🎃🦅
Hahaha... you are one of those who know how to hug! Thank you. 🤗
Yes, people make dolls with whatever they can, some are more complex and colourful than others. They even make them to look like certain public figures.
Vistieron el muñeco de .... 😂💪💪🤣🤣
Jajajaja... No, eso es ropa de trabajo 🤭
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A great document... Here in Venezuela we have something similar but at the end of Holy Week and it is the “Quema de Judas”... Interesting video and I loved the photos, especially those of the light strokes around the muppet... There is some drama in those photos... I wish a better 2025 for you and your close people @nanixxx friend!
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Thank you my friend. Your appreciation is always very important to me. I too wish you and your family all the best for this year and may you continue to delight us with your photographic work and stories.
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🌞 thank you!
Burning all the shit away is a good way to start the new year, like a ceremonial burn. I did one on Hive a few years ago during the infamous takeover
Yes, I remember that post and the bucket where you did the burning. Well done!
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That was before you joined 😮
So what does it matter. You mentioned it one day and I read it. What do you think I would miss it? I read all your posts.
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Don't know that you are good at editing too hehe
Happy new year again
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I loved the video and the background noise of the music and the neighbors. Despite everything, it was a night to enjoy. Happy 2025, I have already told you that this year will be good for us. I love you.❤️ ❤️ 🤣
Fue cómico. Pero ya a esa hora yo tenía un sueño... 😁 Te quiero Mamani.
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Thank you, @visualshots. ☺️