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Wednesday 01
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15th
Annual
Festival
de la
Luz On
December
11
On
December
11 the
15th
annual
Festival
de la
Luz will
be held
in San
José.
This is
the most
spectacular
and most
visited
of all
year end
activities
that
ushers
in the
Christmas
season.
The
mayor of
San
José,
Johnny
Araya,
made the
official
announcement
on
Tuesday.
The
Festival
is
sponsored
by the
Municipalidad
de San
José, "a
Christmas
gift to
the
people",
according
to
Araya.
Up to a
million
spectators
are
expected
to be on
hand
along
the
parade
route
from the
Sabana
park to
Plaza de
la
Democracia,
while
another
2
million
are
expected
to watch
it on
television.
The
parade
route
moves
from the
Coca
Cola
Christmas
tree
across
from the
Gimnasio
Nacional,
along
Paseo
Colón,
Avenida
Segunda
to the
Plaza de
la
Democracia.
The
first
time the
Festial
de la
Luz took
place in
1996.
The
concept
of the
parade
marshal
was
introduced
in the
year
2000,
when
public
figures
where
given
the
honour.
This
year the
parade
will be
lead by
a group
of past
marshalls
that
include
sports
figures
like
Nery
Brenes,
Claudia
Poll,
Francisco
Rivas
and
public
figures
like CNN
en
Español,
Glenda
Umaña,
members
of the
Grupo
Editus,
Maria
Jose
Castillo
and
others.
The only
past
marshal
that
will be
conspicuously
absent
is
astronaut
Franklin
Chang.
If you
cannot
make it
to the
live
event,
local
television
channels
6 (Repretel),
7 (Teletica),
42
(Extra)
and 13 (Sinart)
will all
have
extensive
coverage
and
interviews.
The
Festival
de la
Luz also
includes
competition
for the
best
float.
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