Cuban Artisans Awarded Tobacco-Related Prizes

Source from:  Prensa Latina 10/29/2014

The work Espiga (Spike), a humidor made by José Ernesto Aguilera, won the Great Prize of the 9th Puro Arte, Pasion por la Artesania (Pure Art, Passion for craftmanship), with Cuba''s habano cigar as main topic.

Another humidor entitled Te Espero Fumando (I'm smoking while waiting for you), made by Julio Vizcaino and Fidel Lopez, won the Popularity Award while the essay El Enigmatico Mundo de las Pipas Coloniales (The Enigmatic World of Pipes from the Colonial Time) by Silvia Hernandez won the prize in the theoretical segment of the event.

A humidor is any container designed to store cigars, or pipe tobacco, at the ideal level of humidity, which is 68 to 75 percent. They can be made of wood, glass, pottery, metal, or plastics and come in a wide range of sizes. They may be lined with mahogany, but Spanish cedar is the favorite. Some are small enough to be carried in the hand, holding 2-10 cigars; others take up whole rooms, used by cigar stores to hold thousands of their wares.

The event, organized by the Association of Artists and Artisans (ACAA) gave three prizes in each specialty: craftmanship, humidors, plastic,decorative and collectionism, as well as several mentions.

It was held for none days in this city, 100 km east of Havana, and included a fris of cultural produtcs, contests in fine and applied arts and fashion runways. Enditem