Stripped poles for use as props in supporting hanging tobacco leaves for drying inside a tobacco dying shed in Valle de Vinales, Pinar del Río Province

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Stripped poles for use as props in supporting hanging tobacco leaves for drying inside a tobacco dying shed in Valle de Vinales, Pinar del Río Province, a UNESCO world cultural landscape in west Cuba, Cuba Tobacco is not a native of Cuba but is believed to have arrived from the Latin Americas between 2000 and 3,000 BC. The new plant was called ‘Cohiba’ and retains that name with the Cohiba brand today which is one of Cuba’s chief exports. Cuban cigars are regarded as the very best in the world. Cuba has excellent conditions for growing tobacco and several hundred years of growing experience.

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Location: Valle de Vinales, Cuba
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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