The shadows and reflections seem to be part of this sculptural ensemble, The Fountain of the Antilles. I present it to you here in this Shadow Hunters Smash Contest - Rand 394.
In my city,we cannot conceive of our surroundings without this Fountain.
The author of the sculptural ensemble was
Rita Longa Aróstegui(1912-2000). In 1977, the Fountain was inaugurated, perpetuating the Taino legend of the cacique Jaías, who had a son. The son died, and the father decided to bury him inside a gourd, with the purpose of keeping him close and with the hope that he might one day be resurrected. But one day, four young men approached the gourd, taking advantage of the cacique's absence, and when they tried to take it, it jumped and burst. The place was flooded with salt water and filled with fish and plants.
Rita Longa captured the eternal instant of that spell and immortalized the Antillean islands there.
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