“Pelota de Trapo” [Rag Ball]
Contest
Following
the call of Pope Francis to promote an education going back to the origin
of life, opening us to the unknown and teaching us from astonishment, Scholas
runs the “Pelota de
Trapo” [Rag Ball] Contest, an invitation to children and young people from all backgrounds to tell us a creation story.
Trapo” [Rag Ball] Contest, an invitation to children and young people from all backgrounds to tell us a creation story.
In
its first year, the means chosen will be photography, and we hope that
other modalities and artistic expressions will be adopted in each new contest.
Rag
Ball: The Origin
The
term “Pelota de Trapo” [Rag Ball] was used in 2019 at an educational meeting in
Mozambique between young people from Scholas and Pope Francis. There was a
party: poetry, dancing, singing and gifts. “But there was one thing that really
touched my heart”, the Pope shared. It was a small rag ball given by a young
boy from Chicomo as a present: since they don’t have a football, the children
of that area play with a rag ball. “When I was young, I played with a rag
ball,” Francisco remembered, thus sharing the story of his own origin, andentrusting
Scholas with the mission to hold a contest driving the search of each
one’s own origin in order to re-create it and spread it among all nations.
Children
and young people of any nationality between the ages of 12 and 25 can
participate, whether individually or in teams of up to 5 members. They are
invited to create a photographic essay consisting of five (5) photographs
telling, as a whole, a creation story.
You
have time to upload your photographic essay until March 31. Remember that, in
order to compete, your photos must meet the requirements established in the TERMS AND
CONDITIONS of the contest.
All
materials received will be analyzed by a jury composed of photography experts,
artists, educators, teachers and young people, who will choose the winning
productions.
All
photographic essays in competition will be displayed in a travelling
exhibition, which will begin in the Vatican City and will tour around several
countries, taking your story to thousands of young people around the world.
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