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A well received and successful 18th Young Aruban winner of

of March celebration at Convento di $500 at Alhambra Casino

Imeldahof and MANA

Ana Flores, a young Aruban currently living in the
Netherlands, came to the island on vacation to visit
her friends and family. One of the activities she en-
joys most while on the island is playing Bingo, and
this time she found luck the moment she became a
winner!

Ana and her friends have been Bingo players for
many years, and ever since she moved to the Neth-
erlands, she takes every opportunity to play Bingo
when she is on vacation in Aruba. However, she was
never a winner, until last Thursday.

As usual, she went to play Bingo at Alhambra Casi-
no, where the biggest prize of the progressive Bingo,
which was more than $26,000, was not won. How-
ever, the last game was for $500 and here Ana was
lucky.

“I couldn’t believe it when I saw the last ball that I
Noord - A wonderful atmosphere could be ture of cultural and natural fortune. needed come up! I was so surprised!”, she said.
felt at Noord and Playa where visitors were
very enthusiastic towards the celebrations The exposition about Noord’s history Congratulations!q
for our national holiday Dia di Himno y brought along an opportunity for stories
Bandera (National Flag & Hymn Day) ded- of the nun’s of Bethania to be told and to
icated to learning more about the history remember the significant parts of her life
of Noord, Aruba and the Caribbean. as a kid in school during the earlier cen-
turies. Caribbean Ties brought information
More than a thousand people enjoyed that was once unknown about the rela-
the expositions Historia di Parokia di Noord tionship between the Caribbean Islands
(the History of the north’s chapel) and before and after the arrival of colonizers
Caribbean Ties in the convent Imeldahof. in this region. Tourists were provided with a
MANA (Museo Arqueologico Nacional chance to see this convent in Noord and
Aruba, meaning Aruba’s National Muse- enjoy of a day of celebration along with
um of Archeology) in Playa received more our locals.
than 400 visitors.
The collaboration between Fundacion KA-
The character of these monumental build- pel di Bethania and MANA demonstrated
ings in Noord and Playa captured the at- that we can reach much higher goals. The
tention of the public. As well as the beauti- space in de convent Imeldahof will fea-
ful gardens at both locations that made ture many more activities in the coming
the perfect backdrop and the most en- months where visitors will be able to expe-
chanting of sceneries. The art work made rience a cultural aspect of Aruba.
by Belinda de Veer and Sjoerd Maartens
was a revelation to the spectators. The The expositions at MANA will be open from
personal guide of Belinda de Veer trans- Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Con-
mitted how she processed life’s challeng- vent Imeldahof will be open to the pub-
es in her art. The audiovisual productions lic on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
and collages of photos of Sjoerd Maartens from 9am to 3pm. To have a guide tour
brought forward the recognition and visitors can contact the office at MANA by
questions related to the protection and fu- calling +297 5828979.q