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YOUTH FROM HUACHIPA ENJOYED THE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY
Fifty youngsters were invited to the Closing Ceremony by the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee. These tickets were given under the Charity Ticket Program, which have to date benefited 6,000 people.
All 50 youngsters from Huachipa town joyfully shout “Let’s All Play” in unison after receiving the tickets for the Closing Ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, which took place at the National Stadium with an attendance of 50,000.
Tickets were delivered under the Charity Ticket Program developed by the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Organizing Committee, which has to date benefited over 6,000 people, including vulnerable youngsters and senior citizens.
Lima 2019 ticketing manager, Héctor Ramos, said that this measure was implemented so that more Peruvians can participate in the most important multi-sport event of the Americas and support the national team. “Thousands of Peruvian families went to the sports venues to cheer their compatriots on and live this fantastic experience,” he said.
Happiness was shown on the faces of youngsters, who were in the western grandstands of the stadium. They shouted for joy along with the thousands of attendees, joining the waves and shouts during this unforgettable ceremony.
Peru’s cultural elements were shown through a series of choreographies and songs that hypnotized the youngsters, connecting them to over two thousand years of traditions and artistic expressions which have had a defining role in the history of Peru.
The attendees witnessed an exciting artistic reconstruction of Peru’s ancestral legacy, which will undoubtedly leave an indelible imprint in their memories.
This is why Ana Canchari, director of CESAL Educational Support Center and person in charge of coordinating with the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee regarding the attendance of this group of youngsters, expressed that this opportunity allowed to bring them closer to the essence of Peru and invited them to see sports as an activity that shapes leaders, inspiring them to one day become a national team representative.”
Their presence was a symbolic representation of our future athletes; the next generation of Peruvians who will inherit these modern sports facilities and the Olympic values that have shaped these Games since its foundation.
Panam Sports President Neven Ilic also drew attention to them by saying that this Pan American Games marks the beginning of “a new chapter in the history of Peru.” They are the future of Peru’s society, a society that aims to jointly work on the basis of Olympic values.