The Tropicana Cabaret celebrates 70 years as a symbol of the show in Cuba

Wednesday 30 December, 12:00 PM The Havana, Dec 30 (EFE) .- The famous Cabaret Tropicana in Havana, one of the symbols of Cuban music and spectacle in the world, today celebrates 70 years, yet one of major tourist attractions of the island. Means officers recall today that Tropicana is one of the showcases of Cuban culture to the tourists who come to the island, and is visited annually by some 150,000 people, mostly from Britain, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. The show brings together a cast of 300 musicians, dancers, singers and acrobats, and blend traditional Cuban rhythms like the danzon, rumba, cha cha, mambo, and son, with others such as Latin jazz and Samba. Known as the "paradise under the stars", the cabaret was opened in 1939 and among those who have gone there are Ava Gardner, Marlon Brando and Nat King Cole. Then it was converted into a nightclub-casino that were common several members of the U.S. mafia until they triumphed in 1959 Fidel Castro's revolution against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. In recent years, Tropicana has hosted several events, such as the filming of the Cuban-Spanish co-production "A paradise under the stars "which recreates from fiction and nights of glamor, or the holding of the special galas del Habano Festival. In 2001, then-President Fidel Castro attended with his olive green uniform to a gala dinner Festival Cuban cigars the cabaret, the same day the singer Compay Segundo was awarded the "Man Habano". This year it emerged that during his official visit to the island, the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, included in its agenda a night at Tropicana. Average ( Not Rated)