Diario las Américas Newspaper, March 21, 1954, Page 26

Tee Haitian Fok Te THE STADIUM i MARACANA the Carioca's Pride by R. Flores the wand and now see how it wants to kill me. Save me! I'll give you back your hen and your don- i Jean did not have time to intervene. The wand struck the old woman on her temple and she fell to the ground, dead. Ti Jean immediately went out into the courtyard, took his hen and his donkey; and, with his wand under his arm, led them proudly to his mother’s house. And that is how it happened that Ti Jean did not stop up the wind’s cave. This is also why the wind is completely free to destroy all the work of the poor peasants of Haiti. The origin of the lamp A long time ago the sky was very near the earth. When the sun went down, people did not need lamps to make light, for the stars shone as bright as the sun. But their light was soft and of a lovely blue color. There lived at that time a very, very tall woman. When she sat by the water’s edge to wash her clo- thes her head reached higher than the mountains. One morning when the woman was sweeping her coutryard, the clouds were amusing themselves teasing her, tickling her neck, pulling her ears. They were in a good mood that day because the sun had dressed in beautiful rosy and golden colors. But the woman was not used to being teased and did not understand it at all. It was not long before she became quite angry. “Come now, little impudent ynes, are you going to leave me lone?” she grumbled, wrinkling er brow. It was just as though she had ot spoken to them. The clouds <ipped around getting in her ears, 1. her mouth, in her nose, and in er eyes. Her head began to buzz nd she could not stop sneezing, oughing, and weeping. “If you don’t stop tormenting me” she said to them, “I'll chase you away with my broom.” The clouds burst out laughing and continued teasing her all the more. “Go away!” she cried finally. And she struck at them roughly with her broom. She struck and struck and struck. The clouds ran away. The sky became frightened too and began to rise. It climbed high into space, far, very far, away from the earth, where it still is today. And when the sun went down, night came. And people had to ‘light lamps to make light, for the sky had gone up so far away from the earth that the stars shone dim- ly in the distance and people could not see clearly as before. And since that day we have had to light lamps as soon as night comes, ‘Anaise and Bovi Prince Bovi, the king’s only son, Icved one of the palace servants, whose name was Anaise. She was the most beautiful girl in the P&g. 14. | ful voice. Prince Bovi wanted to marry her. But when the king learned this he became violently angry, He had the girl put to death. Two years later, a bird came to the king’s garden. It flew from one rose bush to the other. The gardener came, and the bird sang: “Good morning, gardener of the king. - I would like to hear from Bovi. Good morning gardener of the king. I would like to hear from Bovi. Tell Bovi I would like to hear from him.” The gardener began to dance. He danced and danced and danc- ed. Then he went to find the queen. “Madame Queen,” he said,‘‘there is a bird in the king’s garden who | is singing like a maiden.” \z “What is that you are saying, | gardener of the king?” asked the | queen. “If you do not believe me, Ma- | dame Queen,” said the gardener, | “Come and see with your own eyes.” “The Queen went to the garden| and the bird sang: | “Good morning, Madame Queen. | I would like to hear from Bovi. Good morning Madame Queen. | 1 would like to hear from Bovi. | Tell Bovi I would like to hear from him.” The queen began to dance. She danced and danced and danced. Then she went to find the king. “Sire,” she said to him, “there | is a bird in your garden who is, singing like a maiden.” | “What is it that you are say- ing?” asked the king. | “If you do not believe me,” said the queen, “go and see with your own eyes.” The king went into the garden | # and the bird sang: 2 “Good morning, oh! good morn- | ing, my King. | : ret I would like to hear from Bovi.| The whole structure is 75 feet high and is provided with a roof all around the bowl. Good morning, oh! good morn- | ing, my King. | I would like to hear from Bovi.| ne of the most important cons- Tell Bovi I would like to hear tructions by its gigantic propor- from him. tions in South America, possibly, The king began to dance. He the whole continent, is the Sta- danced and danced and danced. | dium of Maracaha. It offers to the Then the king said: “Let my son come, since the bird would like to hear from him.” Prince Bovi was summoned and the bird sang: “Good morning, Prince Bovi. I wanted to hear from you. world the result of the engineer- ing skilb-of- four Brazilian archi- tects: Raphael Galvao, Orlando | Azevedo, Antonio Diaz Carneiro {and Pedro Paulo Bastos. | Located in Maracafa one of the Good morning, Prince Bovi, oh! |northern sections of Rio de Janei- I wanted to hear from you. ro, the stadium is easily reached Did they tell you I wanted to from every corner of that big me- hear from you?” tropolis. Besides the services of Prince Bovi began to dance. He | buses, tramcars and automobiles, danced and danced and danced. it has a railway station especially Ten the bird lit on his shoulder. built for the benefit of the se- The king said: — ~ |veral hundred of commuters com- “Have the bird put in a cage.” ings from all the suburbs. Then he gave reat ball. An f fess gh tn ello the bird,| The Stadium of Maracafia is an who sang all night long. The king | ©20urmous. bowl that can be seen danced until dawn. jfrom any elevated point of Rio, “ff this bird. were a maiden,” 204 the Cariocas are very proud he said finally, “I would marry her °f their sport's place not only to my son.” | by its proportions, but also by When he heard these words, ‘the outstanding features and in- Prince Bovi could hardly contain | 2°vations of the same. his joy. He went to find the bird.) The whole structure is 75 feet “Is it you, Anaise?” he asked. | high and is provided with a roof Oh, Bovi,” -sighed the bird, | 3)) round the bowl which extends “hadn't you recognized me after | to 9g feet towards the center, thus ol genase dig sco Page offering a confortable shade most wing. You'll find a silver needle | of the time. It has a capacity for there. If you want me to become | a maiden again, all you have to do | BASIS 62) SI SASICsSE IR Prince Bovi was happy. He | jumped up and down like a child. | He jumped and jumped and jump- | ed. He clapped his hands. Finally |. he went to find the kink. | “Sire,” he said, “if the bitd is | changed into a maiden, will you | let me marry her?” “Yes,” answered the king, “I'll let you marry her.” Prince Bovi went to find Anaise. | 150.000 people -120.000 seats and He pricked her head with the sil- enough space for 30.000 standing ver needle, and Anaise became a | spectators. Bleachers and seats be- girl again. The king married her | ing placed in curved rows, at dif- to Prince Bovi. /ferent levels, have the visibility We were at the wedding, but | so well calculated that each spec- since we were making too much |tator of one same division gets the noise, someone gave us. a little; same visual angle. kick and landed us over here to| Access to the stadium is made tell you the story. That’s all. by ramps having a generous 10 HEMISFERIO percent incline, so the public can reach their seats or leave the place in fifteen minutes time without any difficulty whatsoever the bottlenecks caused by crowded places with only one exit. rows of seats and bleachers there are little sport stores and several departments like First-Aid, Social Service. Press, Radio, Television, Dressing-rooms etc., and as an ad- | dition to all the niceties, a publi¢e Maracana is easily reached from any corner of Rio { The tribune reserved for the city authorities and sport’s high officials has its own elevators. It has a capacity for 150,000 people. Besides the bowl, other features are aded to the magnificence of this architectural colossus, as fol- lows: athletic grounds, lawn ten- nis, basket-ball area, a complete swimming-pool with ‘diving ‘acces- sories, a shooting galery, a velo-. drome, an auditorium for choral concerts etc. Levelling with the spectator's address system that connects all the different sections of the sta- dium. The Cariocas love sports in gen- eral, but has a special fondness for their foot-ball -called soccer here in the United States. Soccer is for the Brazilians what base- ball is for the Americans; profes- sionals or simply amateurs they strive for the success of their team in every way they can. In 1950 Brazil lost the World’s Championship, but this year, there’s hope, at least in every Brazilian heart, that their coun- try will be able to get the loving cup he cherishes so much. The Stadium of Maracafia will make it possible too for the Bra- tilians to have the Olympiads any time in the near future. DOMINGO, 21'DE' MARZO DE 1954. Ree ha