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LOCAL Tuesday 29 april 2025

Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort!

The Aruba Tourism Authority recently had the Ms. Marouska Heyliger, representing the Aruba
great pleasure of recognizing Distinguished Vis- Tourism Authority, and staff members of Bucuti
itors of Aruba. The honorees were respectively & Tara Beach Resort bestowed the certificate
honored with a certificate for their years of visits, upon the honorees, presented them with gifts,
loyalty, and love for the island of Aruba. and thanked them for choosing Aruba as their
favorite vacation destination, as their home
The honorary certification is presented on be- away from home.
half of the Minister of Tourism as a token of ap-
preciation and to say “Masha Danki” to guests The top reasons for returning to Aruba provided
who have visited Aruba 10, 20, or 35 years or by the honorees were:
more consecutively. • Outstanding beaches- “Eagle Beach”
• Beautiful and consistent weather and
The three levels of honor are as follows: sun with trade winds
Distinguished Visitor (10>years consecutively vis- • Exquisite cuisine choice from all over the
iting Aruba) world
Goodwill Ambassador (20>years consecutively • “The people of Aruba make us feel wel-
visiting Aruba) come, safe and happy”
Emerald Ambassador (35>years consecutively • The experience of Tara/Bucuti, all en-
visiting Aruba) compassing “makes us want to return for more”,
“we book again before we leave”
The honorees were:
Distinguished Visitors On behalf of the Aruba Tourism Authority, we
Mr. Peter and Mrs. Julie Kent from Norton, Mas- would like to express our sincere gratitude and
sachusetts, United States. appreciation to the honorees for their contin-
ued visits to the “One Happy Island”.q

Cas di Torto

ORANJESTAD - Cas di torto around the plantations. The zuelan Paraguaná Peninsula
(also called cas di lodo or few structures that still ex- in the 18th century. Existing
cas di bara) is a traditional ist are the oldest structures houses date back 150 years.
building technique from that are left standing in the Until 1925 many houses on
Aruba. It refers to a type of country. Aruba were built using this
houses made of mud with technique, afterwards it fell
rounded corners. These The technique probably into disuse. In 2005 there
houses were usually found came over from the Vene- were 62 cas di torto houses
left, of which only four were
in good condition.
The skeleton of the houses is
made up of round wooden
poles placed with distances wood are fitted that serve as would be a wooden or metal
of 1.5 feet between them. the base for the roof beams. barrel for storing water that
Branches are interwoven Until 1815 the roofing usually was collected in small rain
between them, completing consisted of corn (maize) ponds. Around this barrel a
the structural support. On this stems, afterwards the nuclei thick loam wall would be
basis, loam is applied, mixed of columnar cacti were used. erected. Often large families
with sand, water and para The floor is made of loam, would live in these houses;
grass. This is then coated with mixed with cement or cow people would sleep on mats
aloe vera juice, which gives dung. on the floor.
the white colour and helps to The houses were usually
protect against the weather. divided into a kitchen, a If you visit the Arikok National
living room, a porch and Park you will be able to see
On top of the poles pieces of a bedroom. In the kitchen a very nice cas di torto.q