Big rally, military parade in Cuba marks revolution

Celebration normally takes place every five years on Dec 2, but was postponed due to

Cuba paraded troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens through its emblematic Revolution Square on Monday in a traditional show of nationalist fighting spirit and in homage to the late leader Fidel Castro.

The event marked the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Granma yacht which brought Fidel Castro and his 82 followers from Mexico to Cuba to start their revolution against US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.