Fair rides have been set up near the corner of Blvd. Benito Jaurez and Kino since about two weeks before Semana Santa. Have you had your chance to hop on a ride, yet? Live the experience through MoKa’s retelling of the adventure, leading up to Children’s Day on April 30th. There’s nothing better to let out the child we all carry inside than to step into a fair: the flashy neon colors, aroma of candy, popcorn and other delights, games of skill, but above all the rides! We have a childlike fixation because everything turns, and everything spins us until we burst out laughing. This is how the journey begins: a curious look, one somewhere between astonishment and happiness, and maybe a little uncertainty in not knowing which ride to go on first. Nevertheless, being an adult can certainly help with this decision as many rides are off limits, though that does not make the experience any less fun or enlightening. And that’s how it
was…during a moment of free time I invited a friend to the fair, all in honor of Children’s Month. Upon entering there is a carrousel, which in itself is enlightening as you are told you are an adult, period. You can’t get on, regardless of however much you wanted to ride an elephant or roadrunner up and down, unless it’s to hold onto your kids. In addition to it being a small carrousel, a few spots under each animal seemed to be held together with duct tape, so I don’t believe it would be advisable for an adult. Wearing a frown, I had to pass on that. Every spin around would have been a like a symbolic regression, a time machine as it were. Oh well. Safety comes first. Moving beyond that ride, there were skill games with marbles, fishing, or toy rifles to the right; each with prizes depending on ability. There’s also the…