The slower it plays, the more religious they think it, even though the organist may be playing a habanera."
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
After supper we went into the ball-room, and saw for the first time the Cuban waltz, otherwise called habanera, a curious dance something between a shuffle and a languid glide.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
I think that I have described in a former letter the Cuban dance, the languid tropical shuffle they call the habanera.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone