a cuban cigar roller has begun rolling a 70-metre cigar in an attempt to nearly double his previous guinness world record, a spokesman said.
working eight hours a day for nine days, 67-year-old jose 'cueto' castelar is hoping to break his 2009 record of a 43.38m long stogie.
he hopes to complete his latest feat on may 3 and display it at the international tourism fair, which runs from monday to saturday next week. it would be his fifth record in more than half a century of cigar-rolling.
"cueto said that as long as he lives, the guinness record has to be in cuba," said his spokesman amado de la rosa. "he is very lively now and will get tired as the days go by, but he hopes to reach his goal."
mr castelar first learned to make cigars when he was 14 years old.
handmade cuban cigars are considered to be the finest in the world.
tobacco is one of the communist island's top exports, along with nickel, biotech products, sugar, coffee and fruit.
古巴学家制作师67岁的 jose castelar 近日制作了一个世界上最长的雪茄，他将其名为 el cueto，有81.8米长。
el cueto 意思为不能超越的成就。
jose 是在4月底计划做这件事的，然后便助手开始动手裹雪茄，在本周二，他们终于达成了一个新的吉尼斯世界记录81.8米长，超过之前记录21米多（之前为60米）。
jose 从14岁起就开始学裹学家，在2001年时滚出了一个11米长的雪茄，接着便开始迷上了超长雪茄的制作，在03年时他弄到了14米，接着05年到20米，08年到45米。可以这么说jose 生活的信念就是让雪茄越滚越长。