Constantly affected by blackouts, Cubans are resorting to all sorts of inventions to cope with the lack of electricity, mosquitoes, and heat, like a mother and her daughter who spray themselves with water to cool off.
"There is no electricity, and we're sweating like crazy," said a woman named Leidyta FreeSoul (@leidysnodarse) on TikTok.
In the shared video, both use a spray bottle to mist water on their faces and necks. "My daughter is looking for solutions," she noted.
The girl explained that she used an empty perfume bottle, filled it with water, and sprays it on her face, neck, and chest.
"Oh, how delicious!" exclaimed the woman, whose face was barely visible due to a power outage.
"Don't look for problems, look for solutions, because we already have enough problems," remarked the young mother, who has previously shared videos recorded during power outages or related to them.
Recently, a Cuban was caught at dawn while still asleep, having spent the night on a rooftop on what appears to be a mattress, covered by a mosquito net.
It is a clever initiative to help people sleep amid the constant and unbearable blackouts that plague the population across the Island.
“This is how dawn breaks in Cuba,” expressed the user Saúl Manuel on his Facebook account.
However, he is not the only Cuban who has had to resort to desperate measures to cope with the heat and power outages.
A mattress placed on a cart, covered by a mosquito net and outdoors, represents another form of "creative resistance" that some Cubans are currently employing to make the blackouts affecting the population more bearable.
The heartbreaking scene was shared on Facebook in June by a user identified as Saúl Manuel, who accompanied the image with a brief text reflecting the anguish experienced by residents of the island after years of blackouts: "This is how mornings begin in Cuba."
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