Parade Rest Wed. January ‎6, ‎2016, ‏‎3:22pm: Forty minutes into the parade, these costumed women took a rest to smoke and fan away the sticky heat. The 6 de enero parade celebrates Epiphany and commemorates a successful 1896 rebel invasion of La Habana during the war for independence; it also combines many distinct Afro-Cuban cultural elements in an hours-long loop of the old city.	A Night Under the Stars ‎Wed. ‎January ‎6, ‎2016, ‏‎9:04pm: Tropicana is an internationally famous cabaret "Under the Stars;" tonight it was raining, and we waited on the bus to see if we could still get in.	Tricolor ‎Sun. ‎January ‎3, ‎2016, ‏‎10:56am: On my second visit to Alina's house, I discovered yet another well of light.	Sunrise Mon. ‎January ‎11, ‎2016, ‏‎7:07am: The sun rises on the third floor of an enormous, mostly-vacant hotel in the middle of the mountains outside Trinidad.