Hundreds of families from different parts of Mexico City and its surroundings come to the capital’s Zócalo grid to enjoy the so-called “Christmas Verbena 2021 ”.
Since last Thursday 16 and until 31 December, Mexicans and foreign visitors enjoy a series of activities in the Plaza de la Constitución de la Mexican capital on the occasion of the Christmas holidays.
Along with the posadas, today the Christmas Festival begins in the zócalo 2021. There will be a Christmas village with shepherds and choirs, snowy forest, “ice” slide and mechanical games. Tomorrow official inauguration with the head of government @Claudiashein, reported @ JASRA1 pic.twitter.com/yR89 hvPk3F
– Adrián Jiménez (@AdrianRadioFM) December 16, 2021
“This fair is a thank you to the inhabitants of Mexico City, it is for you… It is time to be with family, to be with ours , to reflect on what we have lived and, above all, look with hope to the future and the future. So Merry Christmas to all of you and happy New Year, “said the Head of Government of Mexico City when opening the popular festival last Friday.
When opening the Christmas festival in the Zócalo of CDMX, Claudia Sheinbaum said that It has been two difficult years due to the pandemic: “As always, once again the enormous solidarity of the people of Mexico City was shown.” pic.twitter.com/M5G60 nwfdh
— Jorge Armando Rocha ( @rochaperiodista) December 18, 2021
While in several countries of the world restrictions increase due to the COVID pandemic – 19 and the Ómicron variant, in the Mexican capital the “Verbena Navideña 2021 ”is carried out with various outdoor activities , where Visitors enjoy concerts and plays, as well as a Christmas village, monumental Christmas trees, amusement rides, a snowy forest, an ice slide, and audiovisual experiences.
In addition, it has a main stage where the Rafael Jorge Negrete concert with “Christmas Carols of the World” and the Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City with “The Nutcracker”, among others.
#AT THE MOMENT
They carry out tests in mechanical games of the Verbena Navideña del Zócalo of the #CDMX, which begins this Thursday 16 from December. The Ferris wheel has a diameter of 14 meters and the carousel a capacity for 60 people. pic.twitter.com/0L7b0ww5HJ— Uno TV (@UnoNoticias) December 16, 2021
On stage there are traditional Christmas pastorelas and choirs s that will be charge of groups that are part of the cultural and educational programs of the capital government and the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico.
There’s also 10 spaces for exhibitions and four for reading workshops, the right to memory, animal welfare and the right to culture, where the Economic Culture Fund participates (FCE) and the National Institutes of Fine Arts (INBAL) and of Anthropology and History (INAH), among other agencies.
At the entrances to the place , members of the Capital Youth Institute deliver antibacterial gel to the attendees, who must respect the healthy distance and use of face masks.
Hours on regular days are 12: 00 to 21: 00 hours, Meanwhile he 24 and 31 December will open from 12: 00 to 17: 00 and 25 December 17: 00 at 19: 04 hours, Central Mexico time.
With information from Efe.
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