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                                                                                                           LOCAL Thursday 20 June 2024
              Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino Celebrates Pride Month


              with a Wedding or Renewal of Vows Giveaway Contest on Social

              Media and In-House Activities.


                                                                                     wedding or vow renewal at Hilton  story, using the hashtag #HiltonAr-
                                                                                     Aruba, including the tropical ven-  ubaPride, and tagging @HiltonAr-
                                                                                     ue,  elegant  catering,  and  stylish  uba. The contest is running the en-
                                                                                     accommodations.                    tire month of June 2024, and the
                                                                                                                        winning couple will be contacted
                                                                                     All  LGBTQ+  couples  living  in  Aru-  by July 15, 2024.
                                                                                     ba  or  the  United  States  who  are
                                                                                     looking  to  get  married  or  renew  Should you wish to consult a more
                                                                                     their  wedding  vows  are  eligible  detailed version of the terms and
                                                                                     to enter the contest by posting a  conditions,  please  visit:  https://
                                                                                     photo  or  video  on  Facebook  or  hiltonaruba.hflip.co/ef4617e7ab.
                                                                                     Instagram about their unique love  html q













              Hilton  Aruba  Caribbean  Resort  &  able for purchase at Oscar’s Mar-
              Casino  is  commemorating  Pride  ket,  adjacent  to  the  restaurant.
              Month in a meaningful and inclu-   Also, the garden’s famous water-
              sive way, aiming to raise aware-   fall has been lit in rainbow colors,
              ness  about  love  and  equality  glowing into the night in stunning
              among guests and the local com-    red,  orange,  yellow,  green,  blue
              munity.                            and  purple,  creating  a  vibrant,
                                                 celebratory atmosphere.
              During  the  month,  beautiful  rain-
              bow  cupcakes  and  loaves  are  The  resort  is  also  running  a  con-
              available  at  the  breakfast  buffet  test on both Facebook and Insta-
              at  Laguna  restaurant  and  rain-  gram, with one lucky couple win-
              bow cake and cookies are avail-    ning the Grand Prize of a dream


            Aruba’s neighborhoods; the meaning behind their names


            Just  like  any  other  coun-                             word Anaiboa, which con-
            try,  Aruba  has  unique  and   Anabui/Tierra Del Sol     sists of Ana meaning flower
            beautifully named neighbor-  This  neighborhood  can  be  or  the  best  and  Iboa;  the
            hoods that all form a part of  seen  on  Van  Raders  map  juice  of  a  cassava,  which
            its culture and development.  and Werbata as Anna Boei.  together would mean “the
            Many of these names have  Anna Boei is a name of which  best juice of a cassava”.
            a historical background and  there isn’t much information
            meaning  that  teaches  us  about its origin.             If one assumes that the actu-
            about the island and its rich                             al word heard was Anaboio
            culture every day.           The best historians were able  instead,  consisting  of  Ana
                                         to deduce is that this name  meaning the best and Boio
            With this series, we want to  came to be because of a  (bohio); house, the iteration
            take you on a journey of dis-  miscommunication between  of Anabui would mean “the  Spanish for Land of the Sun.  historians  believe  is  that  it
            covery,  where  you’ll  learn  Van  Spengler  and  the  na-  best house.” This is the origin  The name is not an official  comes from native descent,
            not only the beautiful names  tives who were living on the  that has been more or less  name, but the name of the  during the time in the 19th
            but the history behind it that  island. In the Arawak/Taino  speculated  and  assumed  development proyect that  century where Mestizos still
            gives it life and meaning.   language one can find the  for the word Anabui and it’s  took place. It is hoped that  lived  on  Aruba.  The  name
                                                                      meaning.                     the original and ‘old’ name  can’t really be explain and
                                                                                                   of Anabui is never lost and  according to books on its his-
                                                                      During  the  second  world  now it will be remembered  tory seems to be more of a
                                                                      war and later, this area was  by both locals and tourists.  sign of corruption.
                                                                      used  as  a  terrain  for  train-
                                                                      ing  of  shooting  by  militia        Angochi             However, it seems to come
                                                                      and  latero  n  Korps  Marin-  This name can be seen on  from combining A(n), which
                                                                      iers (the marines of Aruba).  the Werbata map with little  is a generalizing prefix and
                                                                      By the end of the previous  and cursive letters. It is the  Goeiza,  which  means  ‘the
                                                                      century a large part of Ana-  unofficial name for the area  spirit of a living man’. Ango-
                                                                      bui was developed to have  given by a tenant to the land  chi remains more of a guess.
                                                                      luxurious  villas  and  a  golf  that was rented to him.
                                                                      course, which lead to it get-                             This neighborhood’s abbre-
                                                                      ting the name Tierra Del Sol,  The biggest probability that  viation is; An.q
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