Affirmation of Cultural Tradition: A Folkloric Study of Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics

Abstract

Nilo 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.