BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170415T160000Z DTEND:20170415T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Las Alfombras de Guatemala at Price Hill DESCRIPTION:Join us for Price Hill Will's Second Annual Las Alfombras!\n\n\n\nBring your friends and family and form a team to create a colorful woodchips "carpet" and compete for prizes! \n\n\n\nFamily-friendly art-making activities led by Lizzy DuQuette and Cincinnati Museum Center. \n\n\n\nGuest performance by the MYCincinnati Percussionistas led by Ben Sloan.\n\n\n\nEmpanadas Aqui Food Truck will be there again with some delicious Venezuelan food! \n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n2:00pm: Create and Build your Alfombra\, and other art activities\n\n4:00pm: Prizes given out for the most beautiful Alfombras\n\n4:15pm: Parade feature the Percussionistas!\n\n\n\nHistory: "Las Alfombras" a Guatemalan term for carpet or rug. These rugsare natural\, aromatic carpets of flowers\, pines\, clover and fruits\, which the Guatemalan residents put together and place in front of their homes. There are all kinds and shapes. Some are very long\, even up to a kilometer\, with colonial\, Mayan\, Roman or other original designs. They are made during the 24 hours prior to the Holy Week procession. If more than one procession goes down a street a new carpet is made for each procession. Preparations for the carpets begin weeks\, sometimes months\, ahead. Carpets are started the day before the procession so that the carpets are finished just before the carriers of the float arrive to look its best.\n\n\n\nCheck out photos from last year's event:\n\nwww.facebook.com/tina.gutierrez.520/media_set?set=a.10154927240408561&type=3 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n
Join us for \;Price Hill Will'\;s Second Annual Las Alfombras!
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\nBring your friends and family and form a team to create a colorful woodchips "\;carpet"\; and compete for prizes! \;
\n
\nFamily-friendly art-making activities led by \;Lizzy DuQuette \;and \;Cincinnati Museum Center. \;
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\nGuest performance by the \;MYCincinnati \;Percussionistas led by \;Ben Sloan.
\n
\nEmpanadas Aqui \;Food Truck will be there again with some delicious Venezuelan food! \;
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\nSchedule:
\n2:00pm: Create and Build your Alfombra\, and other art activities
\n4:00pm: Prizes given out for the most beautiful Alfombras
\n4:15pm: Parade feature the Percussionistas!
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\nHistory: \; "\;Las Alfombras"\; a Guatemalan term for carpet or rug. \; These rugsare natural\, aromatic carpets of flowers\, pines\, clover and fruits\, which the Guatemalan residents put together and place in front of their homes. There are all kinds and shapes. Some are very long\, even up to a kilometer\, with colonial\, Mayan\, Roman or other original designs. \; They are made during the 24 hours prior to the Holy Week procession. If more than one procession goes down a street a new carpet is made for each procession. Preparations for the carpets begin weeks\, sometimes months\, ahead. Carpets are started the day before the procession so that the carpets are finished just before the carriers of the float arrive to look its best.
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\nCheck out photos from last year'\;s event:
\nwww.facebook.com/tina.gutierrez.520/media_set?set=a.10154927240408561&\;type=3
\n LOCATION:MyCincinnati 3120 Warsaw Ave. Cincinnati\, 45205 UID:e.818.4234 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260409T125154Z URL:https://business.hccusa.us/events/details/las-alfombras-de-guatemala-at-price-hill-4234 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR