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Albeit the ''mulas'' play a crucial role for being engaged in imports, they are also involved in some export activities. The latter include transporting artefacts and other paraphernalia connected with the Santeria rituals. The Santeria rituals are an Afro-Caribbean religion counting several practitioners in Cuba and in the US, Mexico and Puerto Rico, essential to the embedded nature of the Cuban informal economy (Holbraad 2004). The ''mula''s also export tobacco, rum and local ''artesania'' (craftsmanship), such as a typical Cuban rocking chair in wood, or wood carved sculptures, which have come to constitute a distinctive sign in the houses of Cuban diasporas. The ‘transnational networks’ (Tilly 2007) put in place by the ''mula'' system play an important role not only in the constant negotiation between the socialist state and its citizens about the value and distribution of commodities but also in corroborating the representation of Cuban material identity outside the country. | Albeit the ''mulas'' play a crucial role for being engaged in imports, they are also involved in some export activities. The latter include transporting artefacts and other paraphernalia connected with the Santeria rituals. The Santeria rituals are an Afro-Caribbean religion counting several practitioners in Cuba and in the US, Mexico and Puerto Rico, essential to the embedded nature of the Cuban informal economy (Holbraad 2004). The ''mula''s also export tobacco, rum and local ''artesania'' (craftsmanship), such as a typical Cuban rocking chair in wood, or wood carved sculptures, which have come to constitute a distinctive sign in the houses of Cuban diasporas. The ‘transnational networks’ (Tilly 2007) put in place by the ''mula'' system play an important role not only in the constant negotiation between the socialist state and its citizens about the value and distribution of commodities but also in corroborating the representation of Cuban material identity outside the country. | ||
==Entries in the online encyclopaedia linking to ''mulas''== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Tilly, C. 2007. ‘Trust networks in transnational migration’. ''Sociological forum'', 22(1): 3-24 | Tilly, C. 2007. ‘Trust networks in transnational migration’. ''Sociological forum'', 22(1): 3-24 | ||