Cuba - Province of Camaguey - Camaguey: A bohio village on the edge of the busy city of Camaguey which is not only the capitol of the Province of the same name, but chief rail center of Cuba, and headquarters of the sugar and cattle industry which flourishes in the rich lands of the province. Bohios are houses built with sidings of palm bark siding and tall pitched roofs of palm fronds, a construction which protects against the tropical heat of the land. This village is occupied by some of the unskilled laborers of Camaguey and as is quite unusual nowadays even in the country districts, some of these houses only have bohio roofs with sidewalls of either stucco or wood. The workers and their families who live here enjoy many modern conveniences such as electricity, radios, etc., but they still have to draw their water from a communal fountain
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Cuba - Province of Camaguey - Camaguey: A bohio village on the edge of the busy city of Camaguey which is not only the capitol of the Province of the same name, but chief rail center of Cuba, and headquarters of the sugar and cattle industry which flourishes in the rich lands of the province. Bohios are houses built with sidings of palm bark siding and tall pitched roofs of palm fronds, a construction which protects against the tropical heat of the land. This village is occupied by some of the unskilled laborers of Camaguey and as is quite unusual nowadays even in the country districts, some of these houses only have bohio roofs with sidewalls of either stucco or wood. The workers and their families who live here enjoy many modern conveniences such as electricity, radios, etc., but they still have to draw their water from a communal fountain.
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