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Cuban dancers prepare to break Guinness Record in Rueda Casino

The "Retomando el Son" project also seeks to establish a world record break with nearly 200 people playing the son key in Cuba.

Rueda de casino en La Habana © Periódico Tribuna de La Habana
Casino wheel in Havana Photo © Tribuna Newspaper of Havana

The international project Retomando el Son "Bailando Casino" continues in its efforts to break the Guinness Record for the largest casino wheel of the world in Cuba.

This Sunday, at the official inauguration of summer in the country, the project called for a national rehearsal where more than 200 people will participate in Havana, plus all those who want to do so in the rest of the country, he explained to CyberCuba its deputy director Luis Manuel Llamo Castro.

"We currently have more than 700 registered dancers, but it is insufficient to break the record, which is currently held by Venezuela and brought together more than 1,585 people"explained Llamo Castro, who is also an audiovisual producer.

The promoter is the son of Luis Manuel Llamo Castillo, the Son Ambassador, the person behind this whole idea and who established the first world record in Caracas, in November 2022.

"The satisfaction you feel when you see so many people is gratifying. dancing casino in unison, which is also an essential part of the Cuban," Llamo Castro explained.

The idea is to set the new record in May 2024, and although there is still much to do and not all the things needed are organized, the promoters of the initiative are confident that they will achieve the goal.

For this purpose, several rehearsals were scheduled, organized together with the country's authorities, and which will allow the idea to be outlined and prepared for the final moment.

People, inside and outside of Cuba, who want to join the idea, can contact Llamo Castro by phone. +5354803012; There they will receive all the instructions and can clarify their doubts in this regard.

"We want it to be in a large space and we are considering three proposals: the Plaza de la Revolución, La Piragua del Malecón or Galiano Street (Italy Avenue)," he said. "We are passionate about this and we want Cuba to return to the casino dance as a popular fashion and for young people to make it their own."

Likewise, next year they want to establish the world record for the most people playing the son key at the same time, with their hands.

"There must be more than four thousand people, most of them from Havana, and we hope it will be an experience full of Cubanness and identity," Llamo Castro said.

As part of the rehearsals prior to breaking the record, On May 7 there was a mega casino round in Havana and the rest of Cuba, which also served to celebrate Son Day, a tribute to all those musicians who have defended the genre throughout history.

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Lazaro Javier Chirino

CiberCuba journalist. Graduate in Sociocultural Studies from the University of Isla de la Juventud. Presenter and journalist on radio and television


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