• Submitted by: manso
• Society
• 02 / 11 / 2011

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Cuba, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) The legend of tobacco grower Alejandro Robaina, revered as the ambassador of Cuban cigars, Habanos, endures in photographs, news clippings and the splendor of his tobacco fields.

Documents and other family heirlooms fill a modest museum built in the old farm El Pinar, and tell the story of the white-haired man with a straw hat who died in 2010 at the age of 91.

Among the paintings and personal objects that can be seen at the museum are the awards conferred on Robaina, who was named Habano Man.

Politicians, prominent businessmen, movie starts and international musicians like Sting shook his hand, weathered by the sun.

He once told Prensa Latina that he had learned seven secrets from his grandfather for obtaining the best harvests.

Now the museum that honors him stands very close to the tobacco fields so admired by locals and visitors, and brings to mind the charisma of a Cuban farmer who was applauded the world over as a celebrity of the Cuban cigar.PL