Gautam, Pavan Kumar2022-01-042022-01-042007https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/6987Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize winning play,Anna in the Tropics(2003) highlights the Cuban folkloric traditions. The study explores the lives of hardworking Cuban-American immigrants who spend their days manufacturing cigars by hand in a factory in Florida, America. The workers' involvement in traditional practices such as folk, dance, gambling shows their cultural aspect The characters' keen interest in listening to the Lector, a Cuban émigré who tells the folklores and story from Tolstoy's novel while they work at the factory reflects the affirmation of their cultural tradition.en-USCultural TraditionFolkloric StudyThesis