The citizen journalists of the Rising Voices grantee Hiperbarrio [1] posted some photos and videos of the Balloon festival of La Loma (Festival de globos de La Loma 2010). The event was broadcast live via Twitter and streaming video.
[2]Preparing a balloon at Festival de globos de La Loma 2010
[3]Balloon on air at Festival de globos de La Loma 2010
[4]Gathering of people at Festival de globos de La Loma 2010
More pictures are at the Hiperbarrio Flickr photostream [5].
Here are some of the tweets (translated by Eduardo Avila):
HiperBarrio [6]: RT: @axelaforever acaba de salir el primer globo del evento es un carro de conduciones america #festiglobos10
RT: @axelaforever the first balloon of the event just took off. It is of a car with Conducciones América [a line of buses that services La Loma]
#festiglobos10
HiperBarrio: [6] Vamos a preguntarle a los asistentes: ¿Qué opinan de los globos y el medio ambiente? #festiglobos10
Let's ask the assistants: What do you think of the balloons and the environment? #festiglobos10
[7]Bus shaped balloon at the Festival de globos de La Loma 2010
Convergentes: [8] Hace un rato salió un globo con la forma del bus de Conducciones América. #festiglobos10
A little while ago, a balloon took that had the shape of a Conducciones América bus #festiglobos10
You can search the related tweets with the hashtag: #festiglobos10.
The event was broadcast live via streaming video:
Blueandtanit recorded [9] another video for Hiperbarrio Ituango which captures the cultural program at the John Paul II Diocesan College in Ituango: