The 400-year-old story of the Virgin of Cobre in Cuba begins with two Indigenous brothers and an enslaved African boy.
They left the settlement of Cobre, Spanish for “copper,” near the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba and set sail on a boat in search of salt.
On their journey, they are said to have found a statue of the Virgin Mary atop a wooden board floating in the Bay of Nipe. They were surprised to see that the statue’s garments were dry, according to “ Cuba: An American History,” by Ada Ferrer. In her arms, she carried a smaller figure of the baby Jesus.
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