--- canonical_url: "https://japoneson.com/en/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/" title: "AL ROJO — Papi Photo Gallery — Japonéson" description: "48 photos of Papi (Antonio Rojo)'s life in Cuba — military school, family, cooking, Santería, and more." lang: "en" --- ![Papi crouching beside a toddler on the beach, waves behind them.](https://japoneson.com/images/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/hero-al-rojo.jpg) # AL ROJO ![Papi (far left) with fellow cadets at the Escuela de Cadetes 'General Antonio Maceo,' posed by the monument.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g01.jpg) ![Papi's certificate for his internationalist military service in Ethiopia, signed by Fidel Castro, 1979 — the origin of the name 'Rojo' behind the wall graffiti 'AL ROJO VIVO.'](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g02.jpg) ![Papi's wedding day.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g03.jpg) ![A young Papi.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g04.jpg) ![Outside an art school in Guanabacoa with his daughter Daniela, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g05.jpg) ![Papi's mother.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g06.jpg) ![A photo of Danny that Papi kept close.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g07.jpg) ![Veterans in Playa Girón, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g08.jpg) ![Visiting my house in Cojímar, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g09.jpg) ![With Daniela's daughter, his granddaughter Tania, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g10.jpg) ![An afternoon in Guanabacoa, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g11.jpg) ![Out with Daniela and the kids, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g12.jpg) ![Greeting a neighbor in Guanabacoa, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g13.jpg) ![Papi posing with his guitar for the camera, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g14.jpg) ![Papi playing guitar on the floor — an everyday scene, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g15.jpg) ![Papi's birthday party, at a relative's house, 2018.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g16.jpg) ![Daniela as a little girl, with her close friend Manolo.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g17.jpg) ![Papi’s refrigerator, covered in photos — and a welcome sign for Shoko, Cupie, and Danny.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g18.jpg) ![Inside Papi's house — my photo was there too, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g19.jpg) ![Sai Baba, the Indian guru, somehow in Papi's house, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g20.jpg) ![Holding my CD up to the TV screen — not sure why, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g21.jpg) ![He wanted to try Japanese sake, a souvenir from Japan, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g22.jpg) ![Papi always cooked for us, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g23.jpg) ![Papi's cooking — congrí that day, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g24.jpg) ![Papi cooking for a friend visiting from New York, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g25.jpg) ![Papi's cooking, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g26.jpg) ![Happily talking on the phone with his daughter in Miami, 2018.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g27.jpg) ![Jessi, who lives near me in Cojímar, invited Papi over, 2018.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g28.jpg) ![Papi's birthday — his daughter Daniela on his lap, singing together, 2018.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g29.jpg) ![On the phone with Danny, the brother he'd never met — though the line wasn't really connected, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g30.jpg) ![Papi's ration book, with photos of Danny and Danny's mother, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g31.jpg) ![Papi and Cupie Danny, wearing the white shirt Danny sent him, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g32.jpg) ![About to see me off to the airport, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g33.jpg) ![At José Martí International Airport, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g34.jpg) ![Daniela and her son Erik, 2016.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g35.jpg) ![Papi and me, in Luisito's living room in Cojímar, 2018.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g36.jpg) ![At the home of Papi's close friend Carida, by the sea in Guanabo, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g37.jpg) ![Walking through Guanabacoa, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g38.jpg) ![Erik and Papi, at the beach in Guanabo, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g39.jpg) ![Erik, scared — it was his first time at the beach, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g40.jpg) ![Papi appearing on a radio show in Havana, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g41.jpg) ![On the way back from the radio show, Papi stopped to listen to music on Obispo Street, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g42.jpg) ![Papi's house — AL ROJO VIVO.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g43.jpg) ![Out to buy supplies needed for a Santería ceremony, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g44.jpg) ![At Daniela's house, holding his granddaughter Tania, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g45.jpg) ![A Santería priest in Guanabacoa, 2017.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g46.jpg) ![The Guanabacoa museum, where Santería history is on display — Guanabacoa is that kind of place, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g47.jpg) ![Papi cooking the first meal he ever made for us. He always seemed happy shaping the rice into its mold, 2015.](https://media.cabin1701.com/japoneson/cuba/al-rojo-vivo/gallery/g48.jpg) Jii - oldman