Planet Party's: February 2022

By Hannibal Reitano

In its 24th year, the Guleguychú carnival (The Country's Carnival) started this year's festival season in a presential manor after a year of a pause due to Covid-19, on every Saturday for ten weeks at the corsódromo (a converted former railway station) 25.000 spectators in a night dreamed by the rhythm, this year show it was composed by five comparsas something that has not happened since 1995, Kamarr, Ará Yeví, O'Bahía, Papelitos and Marí Marí swept the catwalk.

The largest outdoor festival in the Argentine summer season was attended by an audience of locals and tourists, who were struck by the beauty and strength of their members, the originality of their costumes, and the majesty of their people and their floats. After the opening inauguration ceremony, Kamarr of the Centro Cultural Sirio Libanes broke the ice and presented 'Sower of Illusion' a tribute to those who emigrated to other places, especially in the City of Entre Rios. Ará Yeví of the Tiro Federal Club the second comparsa paraded with 'Turba' a story of kings and subjects, revenge and transformation, followed by O'Bahía of the Club Pescadores paraded 'Colombina. La Musa Ideal' a tribute to carnal, where they will combine dance, seduction and love in a show full of brilliance, the fourth comparsa was Papelitos of the Club Juventud Unida and presented 'Pawé' a tribute to the African woman, being a mother, the jungle and the song rituals to welcome the new being, and finally at the closing night of the fifth Saturday Marí Marí of the Club Central Entrerriano presented 'Woman Things' a tribute to woman, to life, the fight against misogyny, oppression and freedom.

This year another singularity that the carnival presented, was the debut of the fist Batucada composed entirely by women called 'The Audaciuos' for the comparsa Kamarr.