FESTIVAL DE JESUS MARIA
January 8th to January 16th in Jesús María
"Festival Nacional de Doma y Folclore" (Breaking in /Horse Taming and Folklore National Festival),
Annually since 1966, during ten days in January, the city hosts the Festival Nacional de la Doma y el Folclore which gathers around 200,000 national and international attendants. The festival is held in the stadium known as “La Doma” located close to the downtown core of the city.
Among street vendors and side shows, the festival features a celebration of old Gaucho culture. These Argentine "cowboys" can be seen riding down the streets on their horses, cell phones in hand.
For Schedule and more information, please visit its OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
http://www.festival.org.ar/
January 21st to January 30th in Cosquín
The Cosquín Folk Festival is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America. In 2010 it will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
It will last 12 days (exceptionally for this year, it always lasts 9 nights) and will take place in the second half of January in the city of Cosquín in the Punilla Valley in Córdoba hills.
The Cosquín “nine moons” are organized as an experience that has its center at the festival, but goes beyond it to become a truly integral folk experience.
Some of the activities taking place during the nine days are:
- Cosquín Festival of Song (you should buy a ticket. It usually lasts more than 5 or 6 hours)
- Performances by professional folklorists
- Folk Dance performances
- Tents around the town where artists interact with the public
- The tents and bonfires on the river, where he sings and dances nonstop
- There are courses and workshops for children and adults.
- Expositions by artisans, artists, scholars, scientists. They offer courses in native languages such as Quechua and Guarani.
- The National Exhibition of Crafts and Folk Art “Augusto Raúl Cortazar ", named after one of the most important scholars of Argentine folklore.
The spirit that characterizes folk Cosquín has been dubbed the “duende coscoíno " or " Cosquín elf”.
