<p><br> Afro-Cuban dance teacher Marisol Blanco demonstrates moves representing Yemaya, the goddess of the sea in the Santería religion.</p>

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Afro-Cuban dance teacher Marisol Blanco demonstrates moves representing Yemaya, the goddess of the sea in the Santería religion.

Photograph by Melissa Farlow

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See photos from a Miami trip planned using Twitter in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

Published October 20, 2010

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