Lottery ticket with image of indigenous woman presented

This Friday, January 7, a Ticket of the National Lottery was presented with the printed image of an indigenous woman, something that had never happened. This is Mrs. Ramona Chi Cahún, originally from Tepakán, Calkiní and precursor of the Kichipan Kai aquaculture farm.The event was held at the KichiPan Kay Tilapia Farm, which means “pretty mojarra”, in the town of Tepakán, municipality of Calkiní, Campeche. The event was attended by personalities of the stature of Layda Elena Sansores San Román, governor of the state; the national commissioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Octavio Almada Palafox and the general director of the National Lottery, Margarita González Saravia Calderón.Al presiding over the unveiling of the commemorative ticket of the Lottery, González Saravia Calderón shared that, in three million four hundred thousand cachitos the participation of women in the area of agriculture and aquaculture is visible, available in more than twelve thousand points of sale around the country. Read more: Fish and aquaculture production grows 5.3 percent in the country by adding 1.9 million tons in 2021The Major Draw No. 3831 will be held on the night of Tuesday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m., in the “El Moro” building, has a Grand Prize of 21 million pesos in three series and a distributable bag of 66 million pesos. The cost of the cachito is 30 pesos and that of the series of 600 pesos, he recalled. The aquaculture producer, María Ramona Chi Cahún said: “I feel so grateful to represent the aquaculture and fishing sector, in this humble farm that we proudly show and the officials who honor us with their presence and the president, whom we welcome with open arms in the state of Campeche.” He mentioned that they did not even dream of participating in this event held for the benefit of fishing and aquaculture producers. This year is the year of women, here we are five women who have been working on the farm for 14 years, with the learning of planting and farming fish, she said. Read more: Increase in inflation affects cost of vegetables and fruits rebounds prices by more than 20%The event was also attended by the general coordinator of Historical and Cultural Memory of Mexico, Eduardo Villegas Megías, and the general directors of Organization and Promotion of Conapesca, Jorge Simental Crespo, and Fisheries and Aquaculture Management, Edgar Lanz Sánchez, among others.



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