Close Up: Cuba's new love for the Union Jack

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Cuba has been swept by a new craze - the red, white and blue of the UK's flag.

The Union flag is now all the rage, sported by young Cubans on their clothes, nails - and even spotted as tattoos, and shaved into the back of people's heads.

While for some it is just another fashion symbol, others say the trend began with the London Olympics, which were followed avidly in Cuba and hugely popular.

Sarah Rainsford took a trip around the streets of Havana to see where she could find the Union flag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21082793

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1. Thanks! That video was really charming

and I had no idea that this craze was going on.

One thing that pushes the trends there .. merchant marines come from China and bring whatever is being made in mass quantity so that contributes to trends too. The Chinese dragon shirts and Brazil sports shirts were all the rage a few years ago.