Young people celebrate Halloween at Vedado cultural space
The gathering took place at El Proyecto, where lack of electricity did not stop costumes or makeup applied by the light of a lamp.
A Halloween celebration brought young people to El Proyecto, a cultural space in Vedado, on October 31. The activity took place in a Cuban context marked by power cuts, deteriorating homes and difficulty finding food. The party offered several hours of entertainment but unfolded alongside everyday problems that also formed part of the setting around the date.
The entrance was decorated with red fabric arranged like a ghostly figure and artificial cobwebs. The gathering occurred in a large house converted into a cultural refuge at 11th and 14th streets in Vedado. The site had no electricity that night, so the decorations and the building's darkness coincided with an interruption in service.
Inside, a makeup artist used a table lamp to prepare attendees. Outfits mentioned included a Joker mask and a nun's veil paired with heels. The account also refers to Marcos but provides no surname or additional information that would identify him, so no other details are attributed to him.
Lack of power during the celebration adds to the context of outages in the capital, although data about a specific failure concern another date. On October 16, a fire at the Santa Cruz power plant left 740 megawatts available against demand of 2,900. That figure describes the mid-month episode and should not be confused with a measure of consumption or the deficit on Halloween.