The dynamic programmes, their colourful diversity and wealth of ideas are what make the festival content so appealing at the various show events: in the island's capital Las Palmas, on the Yumbo stage in Maspalomas, in the southern coastal town of Puerto de Mogan and in four other towns and communities, they once again contributed to the promotion of healthy and life-affirming leisure activities this week. The active participation of schools, sports clubs and student and academic organisations, as well as the involvement of the island's sports-loving population and the international character skilfully brought together by the BLUME organisers through guest appearances by delegations from 12 nations, are what make these complex sporting and cultural events so valuable and have such an immensely positive impact.
* Foreign guests are particularly impressed by the effective cooperation and support provided by the island government, local authorities, their educational institutions and the BLUME organising committee!

To paraphrase a quote from a German politician after the end of World War II, and in view of the current social turmoil on our continent, one could say: 
‘Peoples of Europe: Look to this festival!’  
While an aggressor wages war on European soil and general discontent seems to be spreading, here at the 63^rd BLUME FESTIVAL, over 2,000 participants from 12 European nations and over 50 Canarian sports groups came together and peacefully waved their flags in circles of friendship and solidarity on the show stage of the Yumbo Commercial Centre: