Tourists and visitors enjoyed the first day of the 27th National Steam Train Festival, where there was music, dance and cultural and educational activities, according to official sources informed Télam.
This celebration, which will last until this Sunday, offers a wide variety of proposals for the whole family, with the Old Patagonian Express as its main attraction, making trips every day.
“The first night was a success,” Cora Laurenza, a member of the Festival Committee, in charge of the stage and locution, told Télam, adding that “more than 20,000 people enjoyed the different shows.”
“Yesterday the Trochita He made a scheduled departure, the route he has been doing this summer, to the Ñorquincó side, which lasts approximately three hours, today and tomorrow he lefttake short tours so that people can enjoy the train” explained Laurenza.
In addition, they successfully developed cultural activities in the cultural hall, where a team belonging to the sub-zonal hospital of the town held workshops on prevention, vaccination and delivery of water purification tablets.
“In the space armed by people from the hospital, a kind of guard, people could apply the coronavirus vaccine, The presenter explained and detailed that “vaccination was available, people could go to get vaccinated or have an HIV test carried out by hospital biochemists for free where they received the result in fifteen minutes.
“In addition they delivered water purifying tablets and condoms and there was prevention workshops on problematic consumption and work was also done with the community police who were located in the same place” pointed out Laurenza.
The Kijanos, Yhosva Montoya, Q’ Lokura and Lucas Sugo, are some of themusical number that will shine in this popular festival of the Chubutense town, there will also be bingo, exhibitions at the Railway Museum, there will be a literary café and sports activities at El Club Ferrocarril.
