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A Visit to the Partagas Factory in Cuba

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Here's a cool clip I edited out of a longer video-- Episode 1 of the British "Secret Caribbean" series. This clip chosen for obvious reasons!

[video=youtube_share;Wdaq7j7CYlo]http://youtu.be/Wdaq7j7CYlo[/video]
 

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Suburban robot that monitors reality -BOM Feb.'13
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Interesting about reading to the workers. I wonder if that is done at all factories or just Partagas.
Not sure if it is done in all the factories anymore but traditionally it was. Actually that is how the Montecristo brand came about. Apparently The Count Of Montecristo was a very popular book that the rollers liked to have read to them and the brand name developed from that popularity.
 
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Loved it.

Interesting about reading to the workers. I wonder if that is done at all factories or just Partagas.
Not sure if it is done in all the factories anymore but traditionally it was. Actually that is how the Montecristo brand came about. Apparently The Count Of Montecristo was a very popular book that the rollers liked to have read to them and the brand name developed from that popularity.
I also, believe that's how Romeo y Julieta got it's name (I know, quite a stretch)
 
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