Between rivers
The Country Carnivalthe largest open-air party in the country, stands out in the Entre Ríos city of Gualeguaychú, 230 kilometers from Buenos Aires, with a gigantic staging, with costumes, lights and parades in its corsódromo every Saturday in January and February .
In this edition, the five local troupes will compete with more than 1,200 artists, 15 floats and five live bands in more than 500 meters of catwalk, with tickets ranging from 3,400 to just over 10,000 pesos, in the corsódromo with capacity for 30,000 people.
Facundo Venencio, general producer of the Carnival, assured that it is an “excellent” season, with “record ticket sales and good weather” that allow “enjoying an event that takes a year of preparation, construction and assembly.”
In Entre Ríos the carnivals of hasenkampwhich has its own corsódromo almost on the coast of the Paraná river, those of Victory -considered since 1970 the provincial capital of carnival- with its “Terror do corso”, those of Concordin the old North Railway Station, and those of st. Helenin the northwest of the province.
Jujuy
The parades of San Pedro will take place from February 3 to 25, at 8:00 p.m., with the participation of indigenous, artistic and traditional comparsas in the so-called “Carnival of the Yungas”with free access (only the use of the chairs is paid).
The Quebrada Carnival It will be held from February 18 to 25 in different locations in the region (Humahuaca, Uquía, Maimará, Tilcara, Purmamarca and Volcán) with free access.
The region is home to the most popular celebration in the province where different comparsas gather to give life to a party like no other with dances and music in which the devils with their typical attire guide others in having fun.
The Los Tekis Carnivalfrom February 17, 18, 19 and 20, will take place at 9:00 p.m. in the Cultural City of Jujuy, with shows by this folkloric group, La Delio Valdez, Damas Gratis, Bersuit Vergarabat, Los Auténticos Decadentes and Luciano Pereyra, with tickets of 4,000 pesos on average.
“The tourist carnival in Jujuy has been growing year after year, a carnival that is also ancestral and respects Andean culture, traditions, is unique in Argentina,” Jujuy’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Federico Posadas, told Télam, adding that “The idea is that this is the best in history in the province.”
Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires, numerous carnivals with their own stamp will be held, such as the making of giant paper and paste dolls, children’s carnivals, in the forest and the sea or to honor the sun, friendship and music.
From February 3 to 11, the 31st National Party of Friendship Carnivalin Maipú, with parades of comparsas, election of the Queen and musical shows, while in Dolores the Carnival of the Suna celebration with a Brazilian Carioca style, which has seven nights, an open-air stage and a catwalk where three comparsas of 150 members will parade.
In Guaminí it will be celebrated during three weekends the Carnival of Art and Joywhile in Punta Indio there will be murgas within the framework of the Federal Carnivals 11.
Lincoln will become the capital of the Craft Carnivalwhere masters of the cartapesta make giant dolls that parade through the streets of the city, and in Mar Chiquita, on the 11th and 12th, the Carnival of the Forest and the Seawhile Chascomús will celebrate the Children’s Carnival with the motto “Green Harmony”, taking the concept of ecosystem uniting the environmental and the cultural in a common space.
On February 18 in Coronel Rosales, Carnival PehuenKaiser Carabela, a ska, rock and reggae band from Bahia will perform, while in lujan will close its summer with a show by the renowned Uruguayan murga Agarrate Catalina.
Santa Fe
Santa Fe has its provincial carnival capital in Tailorwhich during February will hold the 61st edition of its festival on Saturdays 4 and 11, and will close on Monday 20 with the election of the Provincial Carnival Ambassador and the performance of the Penambí Berá comparsa, which with its 360 members will present their show “Fly , Flying”.
The artistic director of the comparsa, Nicolás Molineris, explained that the show “contemplates everything related to flight, the man who wants to fly and his inspiration in birds.”
The municipality implemented for this edition the “Golden Ticket”, which at a cost of 5,500 pesos allows entry to the Plaza Independencia Corsódromo for four nights.
In rosary beadsthere will be free carnival dances and parades on Saturday the 4th at the Paseo Industrial (in the radius delimited by the streets Junín, from Formosa to Díaz Vélez, and Iguazú de Gorriti to Casilda with buffet service and animations and on Friday the 10th at the Market del Patio (Cafferata 729) there will be a Carnival dance, as well as at the Deliot Sports Center and the Club Atlético Libertad the following weekend.
From Saturday 18 to Monday 20, the Comparsas competition event will be held at the Municipal Stadium, where various expressions such as murgas of different styles will be added.
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTY
? The 2023 Carnival Dances started with a colorful celebration at Club Nueva Aurora
? A large number of neighbors in the area danced and sang to the rhythm of cumbia ?
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– Central District (@CMDCentro) January 25, 2023
Cordova
In Córdoba, carnivals were scheduled in various locations, such as arias which is the main local population with a carnival tradition that began in January and scheduled shows until the 19th in its corsódromo with performances by Kapanga, Dale Q’Va and Estelares, with tickets ranging from 500 to 1500 pesos.
Saint Rose of Calamuchita On the 18th and 19th, the “Carnavales del río” will be held at the Santa Rita spa, which will feature murgas, comparsas, floats and shows by Ángela Leiva, Agapornis and Damián Córdoba, while in Pozo de Molle it will be held at the Civic Center with a show animated by La Bar and Crazy Amato.
In cliffs On February 21 there will be a troupe contest and carnival celebration with the Q’Lokura quartet, La Monada, Magui Olave and Luz Paisio, while from the 3rd to the 5th in Villa Nueva there will be the local troupe and float contests and Justiniano Posse’s, Marcos Juarez, Rio Segundo, Rio Tercero and San Francisco.
Black river
In San Carlos de BarilocheFrom Friday the 17th to Monday the 21st, the popular art carnivals organized by the Bariloche Carnival Movement and the commune will be held with musicians, urban dances and the performance of murgas, comparsas and carioca samba schools, among others.
Formosa
In the town of ibarreta The parades of comparsas and batucadas will take place from 17 to 19 with celebrations that have some 70 years of tradition and in which the Tobas and Pilagás communities have participated since the 1960s, recycled materials were used to assemble the handmade costumes.
Missions
The carnivals will be held in Apostles, Concepción de la Sierra, San Javier, Posadas and San Ignacio from January 28 to February 18 with free access celebrations.
“It is an agenda that proposes that visitors can go two or three days before and tour each town and enjoy the carnivals in these five venues,” said the Minister of Tourism, José María Arrúa.
Neuquen
The province will have Zapala from February 3 to 5 to the largest parade in Patagonia with more than 400 participants, among 16 casts of murgas and comparsas, as well as 70 gastronomic and artisan stands, as well as shows by Los caballeros de la quema, Miguel Mateos, La konga and Nahuel Pennisi, with free admission.
On Saturday the 18th, the Carnival of the North of Neuquénwith comparsas in the Plaza San Martín freely and for free
Land of Fire
In Tierra del Fuego, the city of Ushuaia scheduled five special days of carnival and other activities to add to the traditional celebration at the End of the World, with an opening gala on Friday the 10th, while on Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st the parades will take place on Avenida Maipú, on the coast of the Beagle channel, with free admission.
“In this way we continue in the line of decentralizing the celebration and including the neighborhoods in this popular celebration that has grown so much in recent years thanks to the joint and permanent work of the different expressions linked to the carnival,” Guadalupe Ocampo explained to Télam, coordinator of municipal Cultural Extension.
The organization of “Carnival of the End of the World” It is supported by the National Ministry of Culture and, according to the Undersecretary of Culture, Silvio Bocchicchio, “this support allows the continued growth of this municipal initiative, which each year reaches more parts of the city in addition to incorporating talks, talks and training on your agenda”.
