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LOCAL Thursday 5 december 2019
Te Aworo Padu: An Homage to Aruba’s Cultural Father

Continued from Page 14 nos amor p’abo t’asina grandi Chorus:
-our love for you is so strong O, Aruba, dushi tera
Bo playanan tan admira cu n’tin nada pa kibre (bis) -Oh Aruba, our dear country
- Your beaches so much admired -that nothing can destroy it. (re- nos baranca tan stima
cu palma tur dorna peat) -our rock so well beloved
- with palm trees all adorned nos amor p’abo t’asina grandi
bo escudo y bandera ta Grandeza di bo pueblo ta -our love for you is so strong
- your coat of arms and flag - The greatness of our people cu n’tin nada pa kibre (bis)
orgullo di nos tur! su gran cordialidad -that nothing can destroy it. (re-
- the symbols of our pride. - is their great cordiality peat)
cu Dios por guia y conserva
Chorus: - and may God guide and pre- The Creative Islander would like for the immeasurable painful loss
O, Aruba, dushi tera serve to extend its most sincere condo- of our beloved Padu. Padu, Aruba
-Oh Aruba, our dear country su amor pa libertad! lences to the entire Lampe-Croes will forever keep your memory alive
nos baranca tan stima - its love for freedom! Family, the Aruban Cultural Sector, in her mind and heart. May Padu’s
-our rock so well beloved and the entire Aruban community legacy live always! q

Biography - Thaïs G.
Franken (24) is a re-
cently graduated Aru-
ban student at the
University of Maastricht
(UM). She obtained her
graduate double mas-
ter of science degree
in Public Policy and Hu-
man Development in
collaboration with the
United Nations Universi-
ty Maastricht Economic
and Social Research
Institute on Innovation
and Technology (UNU-
MERIT). Back home, on
the beautiful island of
Aruba, she completed
her Bachelor of Arts in
Organization, Gover-
nance & Management
(OGM) at the University
of Aruba (UA), where
she successfully de-
fended her thesis titled
“Placing Culture and
Creativity at the Heart
of the Aruban Sustain-
able Development”.
It was precisely this re-
search project that in-
spired the emergence
of the “Creative Is-
lander” column in 2018.
Thaïs is very passionate
about topics such as
sustainability, innova-
tion, culture, creativity,
social entrepreneurship
and their role in public
management. Next to
her academic interests,
she enjoys reading, writ-
ing, dancing and cook-
ing.