Yucatan sky illuminates with balloons

Tahmek, Yucatan, August 20, 2022.- Hundreds of Yucatecan families and tourists enjoyed cultural, artisanal, artistic, and gastronomic evenings as part of the strategy promoted by Yucatan’s government to offer new tourist attractions that generate jobs and economic spillover in the state’s interior.

Figures with different surfaces and themes soared through the sky during the start of the Second Tahmek Mayan Balloon Festival, in which artisans from Mexico and Colombia participated. 

Loreto Villanueva Trujillo, head of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts (Sedeculta), represented Vila Dosal at the inauguration of the event, which also included a handicrafts and gastronomic exhibition and an artistic program that took place Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 of August beginning at 1800 hrs. 

This type of activity reactivates the economic sector, especially for producers and artisans, as is being done with the project of the “Yucatán Expone,” which takes a sample of our state to other parts of the country and in events such as this one, also brings together the work of other municipalities that are put on display for all of Yucatán to see.

Tahmek’s mayor, Neyda María Heredia Leal, looked elegant with her hand-embroidered Yucatecan hipil. She greeted and thanked the authorities for their support and explained that “the purpose of the festival is to give identity to her municipality so that it is known as a town of balloon artisans who, together with the other producers who are in the cultural corridor can sell their work to help them improve their economy.”

The balloons of various models, among which are the so-called stars, multi-stars, and spinning top stars, some of which are monumental in size, were appreciated by the attendees who observed the work of the various exponents.

The groups “Itlan de Hüi,” “Turma Chincocuac” from the State of Mexico; “Globos Don Nabor” from Morelos; “Turma Tlaloc” and “Tlayoli” from Mexico City; “Titanes” and “Rock World” from Veracruz participated; Cantóyuz,” “Globos Tlatoany”, “Arte y Tradición”, “Grupo Araquen” as well as “Truma Arte y Vida” from Michoacán; the special guests were “Tradición Prohibida” from Medellín, Colombia.

The groups “Itlan de Hüi,” “Turma Chincocuac” from the State of Mexico; “Globos Don Nabor” from Morelos; “Turma Tlaloc” and “Tlayoli” from Mexico City; “Titanes” and “Rock World” from Veracruz participated; Cantóyuz,” “Globos Tlatoany”, “Arte y Tradición”, “Grupo Araquen” as well as “Truma Arte y Vida” from Michoacán; the special guests were “Tradición Prohibida” from Medellín, Colombia.

On behalf of our state were present “Daniel Art,” “Globos JC” and “Turma Maya” from Tixkokob; “T Globo” from Merida and “Globos Nueva Era,” “Artesanos de Tahmek” and the Balloon Workshop of the local Casa de la Cultura.

Likewise, families were able to tour the crafts pavilion where they could see the work of exponents from Hoctún, Homún, Xocchel, Timucuy, Tahmek, Seyé, Huhí, Hocabá, and Sotuta, such as hammocks, embroidered textiles, wood carvings, honey products, among others.

Visitors also enjoyed the performance of the Folkloric Ballet from Yucatan, which delighted the audience with the choreographies Fiesta en Quintana Roo, Fandango Veracruzano, and Campeche de mis amores.

The Yucatan Times

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