A free event to revive a tradition and unite families
On April 30, Children’s Day, the first Kite (“Papalote”) Festival will be held in San Juan Cosalá, where between 100 and 150 children are expected to participate.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía.– On the occasion of Children’s Day, residents of the community of San Juan Cosalá are preparing to hold the first Kite Festival.
This event will take place next Saturday, April 30 at the San Juan Cosalá boardwalk, with the purpose of reviving the tradition of creating kites to fly them with the spring winds.
According to the organizers, although the original idea was to commemorate Children’s Day by painting and decorating the benches on the boardwalk, in the end it was decided to revive the tradition of the kites.
Organizers then set about the task of finding sponsors and people from the community to support the project, because although the materials are not expensive, «there is a cost, however minimal it may be».
The response has been good so far. The organizers say that the festival will take place on the boardwalk starting at 10:00 a.m. and is expected to have a total of between 100 and 150 children participating.
The requirement is that the children must be accompanied by at least one adult, since the goal is to provide an opportunity to bring families together, with the adults supporting the little ones in the construction of their own kite, and then learning to fly it together.
The event will be completely free, and children do not need to bring anything with them since all materials necessary to make the kites will be provided by the organizers.
«The only thing children need to come with is the desire to learn and have a good time, because once we finish making the kites, we will go to fly them in the field,» concluded the organizers.
Translated by Rebecca Zittle
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