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There Will Be A Zapote Fair This
Year, Assured San José Mayor
Not to repeat the fiasco of last
December, San José mayor, Johnny
Araya, said last night that the
end of year Zapote festival will
be held in zapote as it has been
done in the past and will be
oragnized by the municipality.
Last December, the annual fair
was mired in controversy over
health and security issues and
an appeal put a hold left
thousdands of fair goers without
a fair.
"With the objective of keeping
the tradition of the popular
fair in San José and to avoid
repeating the scandal of last
year with the Comisión de
Festejos Populares, this year
the fair will organized by the
municipality", said Araya.
The mayor said the municipality
will co-ordinate with the
Comisión Nacional de Emergencias
(CNE) and members of the
Ministerio de Salud (health
ministry) so that the fair
complies with all safety and
health regulations, issues that
provoked a Constitutional Court
filing last year and stopped the
annual fair.
The mayor also said that a
concert will be held on December
31 at the Parque Central to ring
in the new year, which Araya
says will hopefully become an
annual tradition.
"We want to resume the fair and
its tradition, some of which
have been lost", said Araya.
Araya added that the tradition
of the bulls will also be
resumed, though did not provide
details if the bullring would be
operate by private enterprise
under concession or by the
municipality.
The annual Zapote fair
traditional begins on Christmas
day and runs into the first week
of January.
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