Ethnographic atlas of Cuba

Lambí: Aerophone made from a seashell (Strombus gigas) used by Haitian immigrants. The Cuban rural population also use it and they call it guamo or fotuto.

Langostero: Net for lobster fishing (Palinurus argus).

Leguedde: Single membrane instrument. The smallest drum of the radá or dahomé ensemble originated in Haiti. It is tuned with wedges and in some cases by a key system. Its form is conic. Boxes are ornamented with three circles of picks pointing down.

Leté: Lay dance of Haitian origin. It is only performed in Holguín province.

Lewyt: Lay dance of Haitian origin. It was only found in Holguín province.

Libre (punto) (free punto): In the western part of Cuba, peasants call punto libre the one that does not submit its tune to a regular and constant tempo, since it is sung with a rhythm directly determined by that of the lyrics, slowly sung and with prolonged cadences at the end. There also are the punto pinareño (from Pinar del Río) or punto vueltabajero (from Vuelta Abajo, a region in Pinar del Río) according to the places where they are sung.

Limbo: One of the lay dances performed in Cuba by Jamaican and other immigrants from the English-speaking Caribbean. It is found in Baraguá, Ciego de Avila province. It is of a playful nature and its main interest is that dancers pass under a rope placed at a given height from the floor. Couples formed in a double line dance it.

Loa: "Deity" in Fon language. The Fon came from Benin and belong to the Kwa subgroup of the Nigerian-Congolese linguistic family. Loa is a general name for the deities in the Haitian voodoo that came to Cuba with the migrations from the Caribbean islands. Even when two categories of loas are part of voodoo rites -- radá and petro cults -- in Cuba the first one is more commonly found.

Lucumí: A metaethnic name for several ethnic groups that entered the country during the slave trade: Edo, Nupe, Wari, Yoruba (from Nigeria) and Mosi (from Burkina Faso). This name is found in the lists of slave sales, in parish minutes, in cabildo registers and in other written sources. // 2. A variation of the Yoruba language inherited from the 19th century that is still spoken in Cuba in social and religious contexts.