古巴和尼加拉瓜今年因为疫情原因都取消了年度雪茄节，但是都没有阻止多米尼加雪茄节的举办。如今派对又回来了，来自世界各地的雪茄爱好者渴望回到伊斯帕尼奥拉岛参加这个新冠病毒大流行以来的第一个主流雪茄节。

Procigar总裁亨克·凯尔纳（ Henke Kelner）说，我们分析了国家有关部门提供的统计信息，判断举办这个雪茄节是安全可靠的。Procigar雪茄节组织会采取所有控制措施，确保公民的身体健康。

2021年度的多米尼加Procigar雪茄节由于疫情的原因取消了，但上周第14届雪茄节如期举办。和2020年的雪茄节参加人数差不多，这次雪茄节吸引了来自20多个国家的450名国际客人。还有400名当地参会者，绝大多数是行业人士。预计总出席人数超过850人。所有参加雪茄节的人员必须出示新冠病毒疫苗接种纪录，或者出具阴性的核酸检测报告。

自从2008年举办首届雪茄节以来，Procigar雪茄节一直是近距离观察和接触多米尼加共和国优质雪茄行业的展览活动。在活动中，你可以在风景如画的烟草田郊游，可以结伴在雪茄厂参观卷制过程，每晚都有行业人士召集和参与的可以抽茄的晚餐。多米尼加温暖的天气可以让这个雪茄节变成冬季的度假胜地。参加活动的客人们从雪茄节现场得到的派发雪茄要比他们自己携带的多得多。无论白天还是夜晚，活动中都是可以不间断的抽茄的。

这个活动的最大魅力是可以亲眼见到一些多米尼加雪茄行业幕后的大佬，从小卡洛斯·富恩特、力图·戈麦斯到威廉·莱昂，从乔奇·布兰科到马诺洛·奎萨达、尼卡·雷耶斯。他们会亲自带着你走过雪茄车间参观整个生产过程。

每天，客人都可以在几个方案里自行选择行程。今年参加的雪茄制造商包括：多米尼加之花、雷耶斯雪茄、通用雪茄、阿塔迪斯雪茄、EPC雪茄、奎萨达雪茄、拉奥罗拉雪茄、阿图罗·富恩特雪茄、帕尔马雪茄、PDR雪茄。周五是雪茄节的田园日，这天你可以在烟叶田旁边的空地和雪茄制造商们见面，可以在搭起的帐篷下抽茄。

过去几届雪茄节是从拉罗马纳（La Romana ）的坎普之家度假村（ Casa de Campo resort ）开始的，以海滩活动和参加阿塔迪斯公司的加西亚雪茄厂为特色。但是今年的雪茄节时间较短，从多米尼加的圣地亚哥开始，这里是多米尼加的雪茄制造业中心。

除了3月1日晚上的正式晚宴和慈善拍卖外，其他所有的活动氛围都非常轻松。晚宴是在圣地亚哥的西班牙中心举办的。今年的拍卖会展示了一系列珍稀的雪茄保湿盒，最为募集到35万美元，将捐赠给三家慈善机构。

这三家机构是：Voluntariado Jesús con los Niños（与孩子们一起志愿服务耶稣：帮助生病的儿童）、Sociedad San Vincent de Paul（保罗的圣文森特协会：帮助低收入老年人）和 A Home For My Family（家庭之屋：帮助Procigar雪茄协会的成员组织中的员工）。

ProCigar 成立于 1992 年，是一个致力于维护多米尼加雪茄质量标准和国际声誉的组织。多米尼加的主要雪茄制造商都是Procigar的成员。

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Cuba canceled its cigar festival this year. So did Nicaragua. But neither setback deterred ProCigar, and in the Dominican Republic, the party was back. Cigar fans came from all over the world eager to return to the island of Hispaniola for the Dominican Republic's cultural celebration of premium tobacco and the first major cigar festival since the start of the pandemic. 

“We analyzed all the statistical information from the state agencies responsible for preserving the health of citizens, so we knew it was safe and possible to hold the festival,” assured ProCigar president Henke Kelner. “ProCigar has a commitment towards our sector, we took all control measures, and we achieved it.”

While canceled in 2021 due to Covid-19, ProCigar held its 14th festival last week, and according to the organization, it attracted around 450 international guests from more than 20 countries—about the same numbers as the last ProCigar festival in 2020. Along with 400 local attendees, most of whom are in the industry, ProCigar estimates total attendance to have reached 850 people. All guests had to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.

Since its premiere in 2008, the ProCigar festival has served as an up-close, behind-the scenes exhibition of the Dominican Republic’s premium cigar industry, offering picturesque outings to tobacco fields and bustling factory tours that demystify the entire cigarmaking process. Every evening ends with the industry convening for a smoke-friendly gala dinner. The weather makes this festival a warm, mid-winter escape, and guests are typically given more cigars than they can carry. Naturally, smoking is constant throughout every event, day or night. 

One of the largest draws is being able to meet the men and women behind some of the world’s most famous cigars. Everyone from Carlos Fuente Jr., Guillermo Leon and Jochy Blanco to Litto Gomez, Manolo Quesada and Nirka Reyes are there to personally give tours and walk you through the entire production process.

Each day, guests are given a choice of itinerary, and this year’s participating manufacturers included: La Flor Dominicana, De Los Reyes Cigars, General Cigar Co., Altadis U.S.A., E. P. Carrillo, Quesada Cigars, La Aurora, Arturo Fuente Cigar Co., Tabacalera Palma and PDR Cigars. If you missed a tour during the week, Friday served as the ProCigar Field Day, a leisurely morning and afternoon where you could meet the cigarmakers and puff away under a tent set up on a tobacco field.

Past ProCigar festivals have started in La Romana at the Casa de Campo resort and featured beach activities and a tour of Altadis’ Tabacalera de Garcia factory, but this year, the festival was a bit shorter, beginning right in Santiago, which is the epicenter of the Dominican Republic’s cigarmaking industry. 

All the events have a fairly casual air, save for the formal evening dinner and charity auction on the last night, which has always been held at the Centro Español in Santiago. This year’s auction showcased an array of rare and one-of-a-kind humidors, ultimately raising $350,000 for three charities: Voluntariado Jesús con los Niños (to benefit ill children), Sociedad San Vincent de Paúl (to help low-income seniors) and A Home For My Family, a housing program initiated by ProCigar to assist the struggling employees of its member companies.

Formed in 1992, ProCigar is an organization dedicated to maintaining the quality standards and international reputation of Dominican cigars. Every major manufacturer of premium cigars in the Dominican Republic is part of ProCigar.