Greetings, Silvers. Thank you for this opportunity to reminisce about a beautiful and wholesome time for me.
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I was a quiet child who enjoyed playing with my friends in my house's patio. My brother, on the other hand, was rarely around and liked climbing trees, going to the nearby sea, and playing cops and robbers. The photo I'm sharing here, where he appears very small next to my dolls, was purely by chance.
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In retrospect, I can perceive traits of my personality that were manifesting in those years. For example, I designed and sewed clothes for my dolls. Whether it was with paper dolls and their cut-out clothes that appeared in the magazines of the time (Cuquitas) or the ones I created myself.
Although I didn't pursue that field professionally,I almost always make my own alterations to the clothes I buy. I also visit seamstresses and place orders with them. That's how I've been all my life.
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Some of my other favorite pastimes were related to stationery—perhaps that's where Journalism was born—and playing teacher, which later evolved into being a university professor. Also, my passion for reading began at that time.
My parents bought me children's books.Back then in Cuba, they were very cheap, colorful, and of luxurious quality. However, an aunt kept detective novels in a box, and I would occasionally read one of those alongside my children's texts.
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I also still keep solving puzzles among my hobbies. When I started my own business, creating and selling jigsaw puzzles was an idea I haven't completely dismissed.
The most adventurous things I did in my childhood were learning to ride a bicycle and to swim.I consider these actions fundamental life skills we should acquire in childhood. Later, it's more complex to learn them, and they are always useful.
I should note that my generation,born in Cuba in the 1970s, accessed toys through the ration book. In the summer, they were distributed throughout the country, and each child was only entitled to three toys from different categories.
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The most abundant toys were Parcheesi, pick-up sticks, and jacks, which almost all of us managed to buy. Bicycles, dolls, and others were difficult to acquire. Around that time, I learned to play chess.
Every Sunday morning,I went to the matinée shows at my town's cinema. They didn't just show cartoons, but also adventure films, westerns, and many from the socialist bloc.
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The most popular and accessible pastimes for children in my country were traditional games, as a form of socialization in the neighborhood. They were part of the tradition.
Similarly, flying kites or playing marbles would come into fashion seasonally, and have survived to this day.
World Cup soccer matches or major sports competitions weren't broadcast here,except for the Olympics and others where Cuba had representation.
Childhood pastimes often depend on the environment where we are born and the local idiosyncrasies.But they are closely related to the context in which we grow up and who we become later.
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The Silverbloggers Chronicles - Prompt #21 - My Pastimes / My Passions
Saludos silvers. Gracias por esta oportunidad de remontarnos a una etapa para mí bonita y sana.
Yo fui una niña tranquila que gustaba de los juegos con las amiguitas en el patio de mi casa. Mi hermano en cambio permanecía poco y le gustaba subir a los árboles, ir al mar cercano y jugar a bandidos y policías. La foto que aquí comparto y donde él aparece muy pequeño cerca de mis muñecas fue puro azar.
En retrospectiva puedo percibir rasgos de mi personalidad que se manifestaban en aquellos años. Por ejemplo, diseñaba y cosía las ropas de mis muñecas. Ya fuera en papel con ropitas para recortar que aparecían en las revistas de la época (Cuquitas) o las que yo creaba.
Aunque no me dediqué a ese perfil profesional, casi siempre le hago una adaptación propia a la ropa que me compro. También visito a las modistas y les hago encargos. Así he sido toda mi vida.
Otros de mis pasatiempos favoritos estuvieron relacionados con la papelería, quizás desde ahí nació mi vocación por el Periodismo; y hacer de maestra, luego devenida profesora universitaria.
Desde aquel momento comenzó además mi pasión por la lectura. Mis padres me compraban libros infantiles. En aquel entonces en Cuba eran muy baratos, coloridos y de una factura de lujo. No obstante, una tía guardaba novelas policiacas en una caja y yo alternaba alguna con mis textos para niños.
También conservo entre mis hobbies armar puzzles. Cuando comencé a emprender, la creación de rompecabezas y su comercialización nació como una idea que no he desestimado del todo.
Lo más aventurero que hice en mi niñez fue aprender a montar bicicleta y a nadar. Estas acciones las considero básicas en las enseñanzas para la vida que debemos adquirir en la infancia. Luego, es más complejo adquirirlas y siempre son útiles.
Debo acotar que mi generación, nacida en Cuba en la década de 1970, accedía a los juguetes por la libreta de racionamiento. En el verano, se distribuían por todo el país, y cada infante tenía derecho solo a tres de diferentes categorías.
Los juguetes más abundantes eran los de parchís, palillos chinos y yaquis, los cuales casi todos lográbamos comprar. Las bicicletas, las muñecas y otros eran de difícil adquisición. Por ese entonces aprendí a jugar ajedrez.
Cada domingo en la mañana acudía a las matinés en el cine de mi pueblo. No solo se proyectaban dibujos animados, sino también películas de aventuras, westerns y muchas procedentes del campo socialista.
Lo más popular y asequible para la niñez en mi país eran los juegos tradicionales, como una manera de socialización en el barrio. Estos eran parte de la tradición. Al igual que por temporadas se ponían de moda empinar papalotes o jugar a las bolas, que han llegado hasta nuestros días.
Acá no se veían los mundiales de fútbol, ni las grandes competiciones de deportes, excepto olimpiadas y otros donde Cuba tenía representación.
Los pasatiempos en la niñez muchas veces dependen del entorno donde nacemos y de la idiosincrasia. Pero guardan una estrecha relación con el contexto donde nos desarrollamos y en quiénes somos después.
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I am very interested in hearing stories about life in Cuba coming from a Cuban. I haven't been there since the 1990's but there is a special place in my heart for this beautiful land. Pastimes and passions may be quite different then that of someone from Canada where I grew up.
Greetings.
Hi, Carolyn. Thanks for your comment. I promise to keep writing from here. Let me know, please, if you want to know something in particular. Greetings!
I would love to know how things have changed since I was there. 😊
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Que maravilla los juegos de la infancia. Yo fui feliz con mi sombrilla de higuereta y mía yakis. Gracias
Imagino tu creatividad en la infancia.
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Hi @neysi71, I also played marbles when I was a kid and kept them in a soda bottle. Riding a bike is fun; I learned when I was little. Nighttime was my favorite time to ride—the cool breeze and the empty street were perfect for racing. My sisters and my mom always came with me on those nighttime rides.
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Hi, @belkyscabrera. What lovely memories! Thank you for reading and sharing. Happy weekend to you too!
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