On both sides of the border, people of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez gathered to play a friendly game of capture (KTSM).
“¡DALE DALE! A Borderland Classic” took place on Sunday, April 14 at the International Boundary Mile Marker 1. The precise definition of Mexico’s international border with the United States was based on the major marker. S. again in 1855.
The event was hosted by Sister Cities International, the City of Juarez and supported by different ethnic and athletic companies, according to the media release by Sister Cities International.
More than 170 people from both sides of the frontier began to put pitchers at each other, chanting cooperation and shared kindness, according to Sister Cities International.
The focus of the occasion was on bolstering the cultural and social bonds that have long existed between border communities as well as celebrating our shared history through the sport of baseball. Through gymnastics, skill, and neighborhood engagement, we’re reminding people that edges are not just divisions; they are also connections, ” artist and co-organizer Daedelus Hoffman said.
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Male waiting across the United States for sports S. – Mexico borders | Photo Courtesy of Sister Cities International -
Texas state Sen. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, ready to throw some pitchers across the U. S. – Mexico frontier | Photo Courtesy Sister Cities International -
Before the game of capture across the United States, Mexican players enjoy live music. S. Mexico borders | Photo Courtesy of Sister Cities International -
Peter Svarzbein, National chairman of Sister Cities International ( left ) shaking hands with Juan Acereto, the representative of the Ciudad Juarez municipal government in El Paso ( right )| Photo Courtesy of Sister Cities International
The federal chairman of Sister Cities International, Peter Svarzbein, believed this occasion was an option for understanding.
We are defined by the ways in which we travel between our sister cities, not by walls, but by how we do so in protest of plain, erroneous assumptions about the frontier, Svarzbein said.
Dr. Garcia Chavez, a studies teacher at the craft section of the Universidad Autónoma de Cuidad Juárez, México, added that the basic game of capture has great significance.
The dimensions of the playing get implied that participants could identify themselves as being a part of the same game and the shared humanity of our nations, Chavez said.
Sister Cities International claims that they are setting a precedent for how sporting may unite people and foster friends without borders.
