Cuban rolls 80 m long cigar
May 4th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANSHavana, May 4 (IANS) A Cuban cigar roller has set a new Guinness record by completing a massive cigar measuring over 80 meters in length.
The huge cigar is on display at the International Tourism Fair “FIT Cuba 2011″, which runs from May 3 to 7, reported Xinhua.
Cigar roller Jose Castelar, 67, said his next project will be to roll a cigar measuring 100 meters.
“The next one will be 100 meters long. Cuba is the country where the best tobacco is grown, and as long as Cueto lives the longest cigar will be here too,” he said, referring to his own popular name as “el Cueto” which means someone whose achievement can not be surpassed.
The measuring ceremony was overseen by British diplomats who served as official witnesses for the approval of the Guinness record.
Castelar first made cigar history in 2001 when he made a cigar measuring 11.04 meters, a record he has broken thrice.
Castelar began to roll cigars at the age 14 in his native province of Villa Clara in central Cuba and says he never thought it was possible to make a cigar this long.
Cigars are considered a national pride in Cuba. Cigar exports are one of Cuba’s main exports items with sales worth $368 million in 2010, according to the Cuban-Spanish cigar company Habanos SA.
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