Cuban man sets fifth Guinness record
November 21st, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANSHavana, Nov 21 (IANS) A Cuban man has set a new Guinness record, his fifth overall, by rolling an 81.8-metre-long cigar, the longest in the planet, Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Jose Castelar Cairo, who works as a cigar roller, achieved his feat in May during the 31th International Tourism Fair in Cuba, according to Opciones magazine. He will get his Guinness certificate at a ceremony Nov 24.
Castelar Cairo had also set Guinness records in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008 for similar feats.
He made the record-breaking cigar using aromatic leaves donated by tobacco grower Hector Luis Prieto, from Pinar del Rio province that boasts of one of the world’s best tobacco.
“They make me very happy because I achieved all of them for my country, as I consider that the Guinness record for the longest cigar worldwide must always belong to Cuba, the land with the best premium cigars in the planet,” Castelar Cairo said.
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