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local Wednesday 6 July 2022

Flag and Anthem Day winners of the contest ‘A rhyme for my island’
Students from Arco Iris kindergarten class pink and blue received a prize

This week, minister of Cul- able to participate. The children also presented to
ture, Xiomara Maduro vis- teachers recorded their the minister.
ited Arco Iris kindergarten, children on their phone
realted with the prize giving and submitted the video in Minister Maduro delivered
to the winning classrooms order to participate. the treat of pizza to the pink
of the competition for pre- On her arrival at Arco Iris class, which presented the
paratory schools, ‘A rhyme kindergarten, the minister rhyme ‘Awe dia di Himno
for my island’. This was in of Culture was received by y Bandera, nos ta stop cu
the context of the Flag and the teachers of the school, guera’ (today on flag and
Anthem Day 2022. and the children sang a anthem day, we stop war);
beautiful song from their and blue class, with their
The children, guided by school. rhyme titled ‘Aruba dushi
their teacher, had to pre- tera, orguyoso di nos himno
pare a rhyme in our beauti- The mandatary thanked y bandera’ (beautiful land
ful language of Papiamen- the children and teachers Aruba, proud of our flag
to, with the message relat- for taking part in the com- and anthem. Must note
ing to the flag and anthem petition, and congratulat- that ‘Aruba Dushi Tera’ is
of Aruba. All classrooms of ed them for their beautiful also the name of our na-
preparatory schools were winning rhyme, which the tional anthem). q

Focused on the rescue of culture and folklore

Chico Harms Foundation organizing a Big Parade in Brazil

and customs of Aruba. With all these activities up-
On the 2nd of September coming, a call goes out to
there will be a Parade with the community of the town
Lanterns in Brazil. This year of Brazil and Aruba in gen-
marks five years that this eral, to partake in order
parade is on the streets, to preserve and promote
and ‘it was well received cultural folklore. With this
and it is so pretty, because in mind, the invitation goes
the lanterns in the hours of out to watch this parade
the night are very beauti- and support our cultural
ful’, according to Harms. folklore.q
A vibrant organization with it will be a very big event, preting the same song,
the purpose of comple- where they will not use any which after it was decided The big parade itself is an-
menting and exalting Aru- speakers or electric instru- to make it in the context nounced for the upcoming
ban culture and folklore ments, but the participants of a street song. Currently 4th of September, ‘Cultural
with activities developed will use their own instru- they have nine young chil- Folklore of Brazil’. In this pa-
and guided by volunteers, ments and they will sing dren participating who will rade there will be nine big
is organizing big activities, and play instrumental mu- sing on the 23rd, and 13 groups participating, with
among them the Big Folk- sic. adults who will also be sing- five bands and five disco.
lore Cultural Parade (Gran ing on the 30th of July. “It will become a beauti-
Parada Folklore Cultural) This parade will start by the ful parade this year, and
which will take place in church in Brazil and finish Leo Harms, who together seeing the enthusiasm for
september. at the community center in with Marcia Dirks gave in- it, surely it will become
Brazil, where the celebra- formation regarding the something super beau-
Francisco, better known tions will continue. Cultural Folklore Queen of tiful”, Harms comment-
as ‘Chico’ Harms, explains Aruba, explained that the ed.
that they are preparing For the 23rd and 30th of queen election is planned
the Acoustic Parade on July, there will be the Aru- for the 20th of August in
the 17th of July, a parade ban Street Song Festival the children category, and
which had to be canceled (Festival Cantica di Caya for the 27th of august for
for two years because of Arubano), which started Cultural Lady (Dama Cul-
the pandemic. This year with various groups inter- tural) and Great Cultural
Lady (Gran Dama Cul-
tural).

On the 27th of August will
be held the show for Dama
and Gran Dama, and Dirks
emphasizes that the focus
is on the cultural and folk-
loric aspects of the clothing
and presentation. He said
that not a lot of people
need to be on stage, but
rather, must present culture