The energy we get from coal today comes from the energy that plants absorbed from the sun millions of years ago. All living plants store energy from the sun through a process known as photosynthesis. After the plants die, this energy is released as the plants decay.
Clothing such as the Nagua, which are short skirts. Colorful dresses where also introduced to the Dominican culture by the Taino culture. There are no typical traditional men clothing. Men usually wear western type clothing, such as shorts, jeans, cowboy hats to avoid the sun, and cowboy boots.
I'm sure Cubans dress up to go out at night, but what do they wear around the city during the day? Here in Costa Rica, even when it's super hot, in the cities people wear pants and closed shoes. If you walk around in shorts or a dress with flip flops you will stick out. It's also almost considered rude to go into banks with shorts and flip flops on.