The story of our beards is very simple: it arose out of the difficult conditions we were living and fighting under as guerrillas. We didnt have any razor blades... everybody just let their beards and hair grow, and that turned into a kind of badge of identity. For the campesinos and everybody else, for the press, for the reporters we were los barbudos - the bearded ones. It had its positive side: in order for a spy to infiltrate us, he had to start preparing months ahead of time - hed have had to have six-months growth of beard, you see... Later, with the triumph of the Revolution, we kept our beards to preserve the symbolism. — Fidel Castro on his iconic beard, 2009 [98]
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:35:43 +0000
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