On Saturday, April 27, the celebration of Children’s Day will take place throughout the country, and Bogotá could not be left without being part of this day, which has acquired equal importance to other dates as special in the country as they are. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Love and Friendship.
During this time, The District Institute of the Arts (Idartes) has organized more than 150 activities in various neighborhoods and locations of the citywith the purpose of celebrating and paying tribute to Colombian boys and girls.
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Among the initiatives developed by Idartes are the Nidos, Crea y Culturas en Común programs, which offer a variety of artistic experiences, presentations, exhibitions and have established alliances with different entities to promote children’s access to cultural rights and emphasize the importance of its integral development.
The institution will also be part of the 2024 International Book Fair, offering activities in the Reading Room for Early Childhood and launching three publications aimed at this segment of the population.
These are the activities:
Idartes will have several spaces in the Simón Bolívar park, where you can enjoy scenic works, musical works and artistic experiences to bring art and culture closer to early childhood. There will also be a entrepreneurship fair by Hecho en Bogotá, which will offer incredible toys, children’s fashion, pet accessories, snacks and experiences.
Day: April 27 and 28
Place: Simon Bolivar Park
Hour: From 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Free admission
The theater will also have its space with the presentation of ‘Historias de Ayapel de la URAI’, a production that dazzles with the cosmogony of the Colombian indigenous people, narrated by the legendary fisherman Juan Sábalo.
Day: Saturday April 27
Hour: 3:00 pm
Place: El Parque Theater (Cra. 5 # 36-05)
Free admission
In the towns of La Candelaria and Santa Fe, outdoor recreational and sports activities will be carried out in order to promote sports practice in future promises.
Day: April 27
Place: La Cruces Sports Center
Hour: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Free admission
For children who love cinema, the Cinematheque will have the screening of two productions: The snow leopard and A stork in trouble.
The first takes place in the heart of the Tibetan highlands, photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson during his search for the snow leopard. In the middle of the journey the two men engage in a dialogue about our place among living beings and celebrate the beauty of the world.
The second tells the story of Richard, the daring sparrow who was adopted by a family of storks. He is enjoying spending the winter in the Great Lake in North Africa when he realizes that he will not be the one to guide the flock of storks. return to the north, which highlights values such as trust and teamwork.
Hour: both films will be screened at 11:00 a.m.
Entrance: with tickets that can be purchased at the entrance to the Cinematheque
Through the work Velu From the Ciclorama group, this group of artists seeks to help the little ones explore the movements of the body and recognize their possibilities of movement, play and sounds with this work without words, but with a lot of exploration.
Day: Sunday April 28
Place: National Museum of Colombia, Teresa Cuervo Borda Auditorium – Carrera 7 No. 28 – 66
Hour: 11:30 a.m.
Free admission
Idartes will celebrate World Circus Day among the activities available for children in Bogotá, for this it will have a day dedicated to magic and amazement.
For this, three circus shows will delight you with their talent at various times, so you will have a chance to see them if you miss them the first time.
Day: 28th of April
Places: El Ensueño Theater (town of Ciudad Bolívar), El Parque Theater (Santa Fe) and Share Cultural Center (Sumapaz).
In addition to this, more activities will be carried out in several shopping centers that will have as their central focus providing a space of joy, play, magic and a lot of color to boys and girls in their day.
In order to encourage children to love science and physics, the Paseo Villa del Río shopping center allocated an area of 800 m2 for Eureka, an exhibition where they can learn and live experiences in a fun way.
A gyroscope, optical illusions that lead to perceiving reality in a distorted way, a hexagon that refracts light and color, a physics one where basic concepts such as levers and pulleys used in construction are put into practice, a gravity one, in which they will be able to experience how it works through different interactive activities, and one where they will learn how sound propagates and how communications began, will be some of the activities that can be carried out.
This place will be open to the public until Monday, June 3, and All children accompanied by an adult enter for free.
Admission for adults is $5,000 from Monday to Thursday and $10,000 from Friday to Sunday.
“During a one-hour tour, children will be able to experience and understand up close basic concepts of science, mechanics, light and sound. We want them to step away from technology for a moment and dare to experiment with analog elements that will awaken their curiosity and interest in how the world works.”says Gustavo Salamanca, Manager of Candy Cane, the company in charge of the design of this space.
So now you know, schedule yourself and enjoy all these activities as a family.
