''For the film see
Alamar (film)''
Alamar, also known as Alamar-Playa, is a district in east part of the city of
La Habana
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, part of the ''municipio'' of
Habana del Este
Habana del Este (Spanish for "East Havana"), also spelled ''La Habana del Este'', is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipios'' in Spanish) forming the city of Havana, Cuba.
Geography
As its name indicates it is on the eastern side ...
. This district is primarily
prefabrication
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construction of Soviet-style architecture. Because of this, Cuban poet Juan Carlos Flores has described it as "The Heart of The Russian Barrio". The president of the ward is Margarita Basilia Araujo Suárez.
Geography
The ward (''consejo popular'') is located by the
Atlantic coast and is surrounded by the wards of
Alamar Este,
Alturas de Alamar,
Cojímar and
Guiteras.
Hip-hop scene
Alamar is one of many
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...
s (housing projects) in Cuba that is home to a growing Hip-Hop scene. Located at the periphery of Havana, Alamar was identified with Cuba's Hip-Hop movement on a large scale when it hosted the first annual rap festival in 1995.
[ Often referred to as the "home of Cuban rap," Alamar is a Hip-Hop hot spot known especially for its frequent peñas, or multiple performer venues, which are even more commonplace during the rap festival each year.][Baker, Geoffrey. 2006. "La Habana que no conoces: Cuban rap and the social construction of urban space." Ethnomusicology Forum 15, no. 2: 232.] According to Reebee Garofalo and Deborah Pacini Hernandez, authors of ''The Emergence of Rap Cubano: An Historical Perspective'', "the Alamar festival has also stimulated rap festivals and concerts in other parts of Havana, typically in local cultural centres. East Havana, however, has remained rap's stronghold, and the Alamar rap festival is still the most important."
Farming
Alamar is also home to the Organoponico Vivero Alamar, a UBPC co-operative producing organically grown vegetables and medicinal plants. Originally created during the "Special Period" after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the farm has grown to 10.4 hectares, and employs many—in particular senior citizens—from the local community.
The co-operative frequently hosts international visitors
Tierralismo
directed b
Alejandro Ramirez Anderson
References
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Wards of Havana