Cuban president Raul Castro (C) and Cuban vice president Jose Ramon Machado Ventura (L) participate in a military parade in honor of recently disappeared Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana, on January 2, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

"I come here once more to show that I ratify my commitment with Fidel and his ideas, I have always been 'fidelista' and will be until I die," stressed Perez.

The second group was made up by members of Cuban military institutions: the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the interior forces, elite troops and the Navy.

"This is the tenth time that I participate in a parade at the Plaza, five times flying over the crowd and five times walking," said Luis Garcia, a retired pilot.

Cuban people participate in a military parade in honor of recently deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana, on January 2, 2017.[Photo/VCG]

"I was born in a very small town of the Sierra Maestra called Nuevo Aserradero. It is hard to find on a map, but thanks to Fidel and his revolution, I graduated as a pilot in the Soviet Union," he highlighted.

Finally, the third segment was representative of the principle of the People's War, with delegations from the territorial, workers and student militias, followed by thousands of people marching in support of the socialist system.

After the victory of Fidel Castro in January 1959, Civic Square was renamed Revolution Square and became the main tribune for many of the country's historic events in the last five decades.