Ethnographic atlas of Cuba

Eliancé: Lay dance still in force among people of Haitian descent in Cuba. Couples usually dance it with no relation among them, face to face or in social dance position.

Empleita (or pleita): Woven strip of yarey, royal palm fibrous tissue or other plant fibers used in basket weaving, mainly in hats or bags. In some places in the country is called esterilla.

Engodo: A paste made with cooked fish and soil and dropped in the water to attract yellowtail snappers (Ocyrus chysurus) and other edible fish.

Elbow salad: Elbow pasta with hard boiled eggs, salt, oil, vinegar, garlic, onion, tomato, pimento and much mayonnaise. It can also include pieces of chicken, ham, fish and fruit, especially pineapple. It used to be only an urban dish, but today has an important place in rural meals, above all in festive occasions as birthdays and wedding celebrations.

Escobilla (Small broom): A kind of brush used to gather the cassava flour that falls out of the tolla when it is sieved to make cassava bread.

Espiche: Sharp instrument used to take air out to fish, when they are moved out from the net.

Espirituano (punto): Variation of the style called punto fijo (fixed punto) sung in Sancti Spiritus province. The refrain is sung by two voices or by a chorus.

Esqueleto (El) (The Skeleton): A dance considered a variation of the son montuno. It is danced at the Red and Blue Band celebrations held in Majagua, Ciego de Avila province, and in some localities in the eastern region, mostly as a children's game. A soloist tries to scare the children surrounding him.

Estancia (Estate): Small farm, from 1/3 to 4 caballerías (13.2 ha), with a diversified production mostly of minor crops. Some estancias had an area of 5 and even 15 caballerías. They generally had a small house. In large estancias not managed by their owners or tenants, there was an overseer and five or more black slaves per caballería. In the small ones, there were from two to six slaves, but in many there were none.

Eastern or Turkish lute: String instrument with an oval box, a flat top and an oblong bottom. It has a central mouth and two side holes covered by an engraved figure. Its arm has no fret and it has eleven strings. It is no longer used.

Economic house: Term conventionally used for a type of rural house whose inner plan is similar to that of the urban houses of the first half of the 20th century, with a side hall joining the rest of the rooms.