The classic cars that, for thousands, still roll through the streets of Cuba and the Tropicana cabaret, both symbols of the heritage and tourist attraction of the island, will join to celebrate the first pairing festival of classics tropicana & cars, the director of the director of the director of the Famous show center, Joaquín Yuenking.
The manager explained at a press conference that the expected event from February 28 to March 2 is part of the collaboration agenda between Cubasol, Cubadeport and Tropicana to create a unique meeting where sports, culture and recreation converge.
Among the planned activities are a conference with professors from the city’s historian’s office about the appearance of classic cars in Havana, a classic (American) cars rally with historical stops in the capital and a great parade of these vehicles , said a note from the agency Latin press.
The contest includes an integrated awards gala to a show of Tropicanafounded in 1939 and since then one of the global references of the show that was nourished by ballet, circus art, carnival and the genres of musical theater, all backed with lush choreographies and dance bodies and the powerful Cuban and Caribbean rhythms nuanced of folklore, identity and shared history.
The festival will serve to enhance tourism, allowing foreign visitors to the possibility of a unique experience that will be linked to the 85th anniversary of the emblematic cabaret, said a statement from the cultural institution.
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A rolling museum
Havana is considered an outdoor rolling museum, mainly due to the large number of old cars that circulate through its streets, one of the direct consequences of the policy of fence and isolation implemented by Washington since 1960.
With more than 150 thousand classic vehicles, the vast majority out of the thriving United States automotive industry between 1930 and 1960, the Cuban capital has become the largest automotive outdoor exhibition in the world.
Having one of the oldest car parks in the world is one of the main tourist and heritage assets of the island, sustained by the perseverance and inventiveness of its owners over decades that have maintained operations to such vehicles in a constant adaptation, replacement and modernization of technical pieces and systems.
However, some of these classics maintain their original mechanics and in some provinces many of them can be seen in perfect condition, some restored and others in process, observed a report published in 2017 by the newspaper United States Los Angeles Times.
“Although there are few cars that retain their original parts. In fact, there are few that can be said to be in adequate maintenance conditions because even a Cadillac can serve as a taxi. But the work of maintaining their means of transport that for others are true motor jewels has turned many Cubans into passionate about the restoration, or at least, in mechanical empirical, ”described the angeline medium.
