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Betico Day Celebration 2022

ORANJESTAD – On January invites our community to for prizes. Kibra Coco will
25, Aruba celebrates the celebrate this at home to- be held on Tuesday, Janu-
birth date of Gilberto Fran- gether with relatives. ary 25 at 5:00 pm and live
çois ‘Betico’ Croes. on all local TV channels.
Virtual Cultural Manifest
Each year, the Govern- On Monday, January 24, ‘Kibra Coco’ is a game in
ment of Aruba, through the the Cultural Manifest will the format of a quiz and
Ministry of Culture and the be held virtually and air at consists of different levels of
National Days Celebration 8:00 pm on local TV chan- questions, interviews, and
Committee, organize mul- nels and virtual media. The interactions and is present-
tiple activities to celebrate manifest includes musical ed by Jeancarlo Espinal.
this national Betico Day. presentation, dance, and
These celebrations serve as speech by the Minister of School Material
a reminder of his achieve- Culture. The entire commu- This year, a short video
ments like the Status Apar- nity is invited to tune in. was created in coopera-
te. Due to the pandemic, tion with the Aruba Na-
the organizers will broad- Formal Ceremony tional Archive about the
cast these events on tv and The formal ceremony will history of Betico Croes. This
virtual media. take place on Tuesday, video contains information
January 25 at 9:00 am with about a young Betico, his
The Crisis Team has ap- limited guests as agreed relatives, his fight, and his
proved the formal ceremo- with the Crisis Team. The achievement of the Status
ny but with limited guests, official ceremony begins Aparte. This educational
and all guests must com- with the arrival of the Min- video is relevant to the
ply with the safety proto- isters, and at 9:00 am, the Kibra Coco quiz on Betico
cols. The Ministry of Culture presentations will start. The Day.
ceremony includes musical
performances with songs In addition to these events,
by children, reflection, po- there will also be a coloring
etry, speech by the Prime competition for elementary
Minister of Aruba Evelyn school kids. The drawing will
Wever Croes, and tribute to be available online and in
the late G.F. Betico Croes. the upcoming days in the
Due to the safety proto- local newspapers. Both the
cols, the ceremony will video and coloring draw-
not be open for public at- ing will be available on the
tendance. The streets Von- Facebook page of Gabi-
dellaan and Rumbastraat nete Wever Croes, Depart-
will be blocked for traffic ment of Culture, and You-
and pedestrians. Tube of Minister Maduro.
Participants must submit
Virtual Competition “Kibra the coloring drawing no
Coco” later than Monday, Janu-
This year, the organizers are ary 31, 2022, at school. The
introducing a new event; National Days Celebration
a televised competition Committee members will
‘Kibra Coco’, where chil- select three winners. The
dren of primary school can announcement of the win-
participate with their par- ners is in February, and they
ents from the comfort of will receive their prizes.
their homes. There will be
prizes for the participant, The Minister of Culture is
their family, and school very grateful to the state
class. There will also be the companies SETAR, Utilities
Betico Challenge. In this Group ( WEB, ELMAR, and
challenge, the children par- Utilities Aruba ), and the Re-
ticipating in the Kibra Coco finery of Aruba for their sup-
competition must send a port in making the Betico
selfie with relatives playing Day celebration a big cel-
Kibra Coco via WhatsApp ebration.
to 597-2323 to participate