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40 paper giants are part of a route to admire the popular art of Guayaquil
Posted On 19 Dec 2017
Ecuadornews:
Movie characters such as Wonder Woman, King Kong, Moana, Aladdin, Stich, Freddy Krueger, among others, made with precise details and high-rise, are part of the giant paper dolls that are within the route that will attract tourists national and international holidays for the New Year’s Eve, mainly in the Guayaquil suburb.
“Los Locos Addams” (The addams family), the popular family of the American comic series of the sixties, also integrate this route of giant monkeys that for the third time designs the Public Municipal Tourism Company and is made up of 40 sectors of the city.
This Monday, Gloria Gallardo, president of the Municipal Public Company of Tourism, presented the third edition of the Route of the Giants, in an event held in the City Hall.
José Luis Morales, creator of The Addams, said that he started making them last August and that the set-up of the scenery took a month. “The work on this was from dawn to dusk, plus the dawns that we hit taking care of the dolls, until 05:00, since Friday we started the exhibition,” Morales said, adding that his neighbor Einstein Ramos helped him with the assembly of the scenography, which at night looks illuminated.
In addition to lighting Addams have other components. Uncle Thing walks across the stage and Fingers enters and leaves his box with the help of an air cylinder that is activated with a compressor. Homer expels smoke from his cigar and Uncle Lucas has an intermittent focus in his mouth. Morales said that these innovations attract more people and therefore spare no effort with their creativity. The Flintstones is another of the television series recreated in gigantic puppets. The family of Pedro and his friend Pablo is displayed in the streets Medardo Angel Silva between the 15th and the 16th.
Carlos Zapata, who made the dolls, said that being part of the path of the giants is a motivation to continue shaping their talent and benefits the sector, since it puts it among the destinations to visit on the occasion of the New Year. “It’s a positive thing for one, to be known as an artisan and that people appreciate what art is,” he said. In the list of the giants figure, in addition, King Kong, whose author, Charles Vilema, works in clothing day and night in the Tenth and Ayacucho. Ángel Basantes, another artisan, hopes to finish these days his monigote La Catrina, a skull, in the 13th and Pedro Pablo Gómez. He said he had a lot of expectation for belonging to the giants route. Gallardo explained that the exhibition will be divided into two circuits.
The first will cover the streets of Ayacucho, Huancavilca, Capitán Najera, Medardo Angel Silva, Febres Cordero, Pedro Pablo Gomez, Alcedo, Brazil, Gomez Rendon, San Martin, Argentina, Venezuela, Francisco de Marcos, Leonidas Plaza and Asisclo Garay
The second circuit runs through Cristóbal Colón, Francisco Segura and Domingo Savio streets. The exhibition of the paper giants will last until January 14, 2018. There will also be three artistic shows to honor the art, skill and dedication of these artisans.
The events will take place after 20:00:
Saturday, January 6, at Leonidas Plaza and Francisco de Marcos streets.
Friday January 12, in the Tenth and Ayacucho.
Saturday January 13, in the 16th and Capitán Nájera.
Next year the Tourism Company will organize a ‘giants’ contest that will include economic prizes for the winning artisans. (I)
