Erick Ortega / La Paz
The fraternal of the Great Power want to dance for the Tata in 2022. The vaccination campaign began yesterday that aims to inoculate at least 6,000 dancers of the Fiesta Mayor de los Andes.
The day began at approximately 11:00 and three streets in the Gran Poder area were closed to attend the dancers.
The image of Jesus of the Great Power was also present, as it appeared almost to the door of the temple, on Gallardo street. There the main vaccination point was placed where hundreds of fraternal attended in a day that had music and food. The campaign that began yesterday is called Date Power to dance in the Gran Poder 2022.
“We are vaccinating the folklorists, the children of the folklorists and we are going to prepare for next year. The largest orange economy that Bolivia has belongs to the Great Power and belongs to La Paz, we have to reactivate it. We are thinking that in this campaign at least 6,000 folklorists are going to be vaccinated, “said the mayor of La Paz, Iván Arias.
The day was enlivened by the musical groups Kamisaqui, Pachamama, Amar Bolivia and Santay Bolivia. In addition, food stalls were set up on the street, ranging from sajta to grilled fish.
To the delight of the visitors, the “zebras” also attended, which help in road safety education in the city.
But not only was there a day of vaccination against the deadly virus, in the area free tests for covid were also carried out and to control blood pressure and diabetes. These medical exams had no financial cost.
According to municipal information, the anticovid injectables supplied in this department, the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of La Paz reported until November 10, 475,246 people vaccinated with the first dose, 404,027 with the second, 59,377 with the third dose and with single dose 92,519. And 16,552 young people between the ages of 16 and 17 have already been vaccinated in the department of La Paz and 4,919 between 12 and 15 years old.
A Jesus of the Great Power of 50 meters
“The Christ of Cochabamba is 40 meters, the Virgin of the Socavón is 45, the one in La Paz has to be at least 50 meters. That is the great challenge and the lords of the Great Power have to take their little money out of their piggy bank to make the monument. We have to find a good place where the whole city can see ”, affirmed the authority during the vaccination campaign Give yourself power to dance in the Great Power.
Yesterday, hundreds of fraternal people attended the health conference, among them was Joaquín Santos Quispe, vice president of the Association of Folkloric Ensembles of the Great Power. Regarding the creation of the monument, he confirmed that meetings are organized with the Mayor’s Office to finalize details of this project. “We have set up a work table, yes there is the project and the place has not yet been defined. It has to have a museum, a parking lot… it has to be large and for that we need space ”.
The leader is optimistic on this issue and hopes that it will be completed until the end of 2022.
If materialized, it would be the largest religious monument in Bolivia; As a reference, in Rio de Janeiro the Christ of Corcorvado is 38 meters high.
