Ave María

Near the most famous copper mine of Cuba, a sanctuary was raised to the Charity Madonna, the Cuba patron saint. When the mine was closed, the cult became a source of survival for the town. The sale of wax candles, flowers for the offerings and statuettes of the venerated image, has created a new type of workers, who, to obtain the mineral to manufacture the souvenir, enter the abandoned mine wells, risking their own lives.