Early Saturday evening, the Plaza de la Danza played host to the Festival Día de Reyes, an event to delight and distribute a kilometer of donated toys to disadvantaged children. The Kings had kids and their parents seeing double.
Lines began forming two hours in advance to be up-front and close to the stage, all the better to be chosen to participate in the games and entertainment that was also part of the festivities.
To the delight of the crowd, three luchadores took the stage to recruit contestants for a mystery contest.
The music came up and Oaxaca’s kids began going, “Gangnam Style” — albeit, some more enthusiastically than others — and all got prizes.
Psy may have sung and danced his last “Gangnam Style” on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, however, it remains alive and well in Oaxaca!
According to this morning’s Noticias, 6,500 toys (donated by citizens, city government entities, foundations, and businesses) were given to each child present and all received a piece of rosca de Reyes.
As they say, a good time was had by all!
Mexican Peso Converter
View From Casita Colibrí 
funny! you can tell which children had seen psy do the dance. looks like a great time was had by all! love 3 kings day — once had my photo taken while sitting on their elephant – a
sawhorse made to look like an elephant – it was for kids to take photos, but they let me sit on it and clustered around me for mine, too! yes lots of fun! thanks for the photos of these events!
That was a great video! I had never heard of Gangnam Style, which according to our conversation is already going OUT of style! Your photos really capture the celebration.
[…] at 5:00 PM. There will be music (of course!), contests, entertainment, and local celebrities. Last year was a […]