The Olympic mascots have been a fundamental part of the Games since 1968. Their mission is to concretize the Olympic spirit, spread the values ​​highlighted in each edition of the Games, promote the history and culture of the host city and give a festive atmosphere to the event.

Tiríka, a wildcat with a white and red uniform, is the character of the Asunción 2022 South American Games.

He is the number one athlete, agile, strong and fast, but, above all, with a big heart. From the city of Yaguarón, entrepreneur Rubén Arias comments on the manufacture of the stuffed animal and what it means to have created it from the national industry.

“Tiríka represents a pride, of being able to manufacture it ourselves, as a national industry. It is the workforce of Yaguarón, of families.

It will represent a lot of passion and emotion,” he said. A special place in every home "It will be installed for a long time in each home, in each country and in each city of the people who are going to come to participate in the event," he said, adding that he is sure that the mascot will have a special place where they will put it. athletes, delegates and other people who will participate in this sports party. patriotism symbol “It can be considered as patriotism, what identifies us as a race, looking at how the nature that we have in a wild cat, turned into something human, transmits feeling.

Tiríka is fulfilling that important role that every human being and the country needs, to be identified by something”, the businessman pointed out.

Tiríka represents joy and passion for sport. Respect the rules of the game and always give your best. It promotes values ​​such as solidarity, respect, camaraderie, friendship and the inseparable alliance between sport, education and culture.

​Tiríka is a wild cat that inhabits the forests of the western region of our country. Of the wild cats, it is the smallest; capable of surviving the most challenging environments of the Paraguayan Chaco. It is an excellent climber with great agility to move through the trees. Tiríka is the symbol of the XII edition of the South American Games, which was held for the first time in Bolivia, in 1978.