In the City
there will be Carnival and parades in February
.
It will be starting next weekend.
But there will also be a difference: in addition to reducing the number
, there will also be fewer street closures
because many will be made
in squares
or spaces where it will not be necessary to interrupt traffic.
Corsicans have been
a Buenos Aires classic for decades.
And in 2010, the Monday and Tuesday holidays that had been removed by the last military dictatorship were reinstated.
This year, the biggest celebration will be on February 12 and 13.
But the parades last throughout the month
from Saturday the 3rd to Sunday the 25th
, although there will only be 5 that weekend.
After different meetings with the Carnival Commission, which includes government representatives and delegates from the more than 130 murgas in the City, it was decided that
15 parades
will be deployed in the neighborhoods, and that only 8 will cause street closures.
According to the information accessed by
Clarín
, those who will be on avenues will be the Corsicans of
Boedo
, on that avenue between Independencia and San Juan (between February 3 and 18);
Slaughterhouses
(Alberdi, between Escalada and Araujo, on the same dates);
Villa Pueyrredón
(Mosconi, between Bolivia and Terrada between February 10 and 25);
Saavedra
(García del Río between Zapiola and Freire from 3 to 18);
Villa Urquiza
(Triumvirate, between Monroe and Olazábal from 3 to 18)
;
Villa Crespo
(Scalabrini Ortiz, between Corrientes and Ramírez de Velazco from 3 to 13).
The Pompeya
corsos
(Avenida La Plata between Avenida Cruz and Caseros, from February 10 to 25)
will also generate
street closures ;
and that of
Lugano
(Avenida Cruz and Timoteo Gordillo, from 3 to 13).
Another
7 parades will be in squares, amphitheaters or sports centers.
They will be those of
San Telmo
, which will take place at the Parque Lezama Amphitheater, in Balcarce and Brasil, always on weekends, between February 3 and 18);
Villa Devoto
(Plaza Riccheri, Beiró and Desaguadero, between 10 and 25);
Schoolchildren
(at the Freire and Concepción Arenal Sports Center from 3 to 13);
Palermo
(in the Unidad Latinoamericana square in Medrano and Costa Rica, on the weekends of the 17th and 24th);
Lugano
(in the Plaza Unidad Nacional, Murguiondo and Delfín Gallo, from 10 to 13);
Flores-Caballito
(Seguí, between Neuquén and Gaona from February 3 to 17);
and
San Cristóbal
(Plaza Martín Fierro, in Urquiza and Barcala, from February 10 to 25).
In addition to being related to reducing expenses, the cut, as reported by the Buenos Aires Government, has to do with "rearranging the streets of the City."
Parades for the Carnival in the City.
There will be fewer street closures.
As expressed by the Executive, last year 22 street parades
were carried out ,
so the reduction for this year reaches 64%, while of the 111 days that there were in 2023, there will now be 60. And they stated that there will be
43% fewer cuts than last Carnival.
This reduction was carried out "after
work with all sectors
to define the number of parades and the places in which they will be carried out, in order to affect the neighbors who are not going to participate in them as little as possible." says the statement released by the City.
In February 2020, the parade was held for the last time on Avenida de Mayo.
"Carnivals are a traditional festival loved by many Buenos Aires residents and we believe that they can be
done in an organized and respectful manner with all the residents of the City.
That is why we are going to reduce the number that were held and move many of the meeting points to places that they do not cause street closures or inconveniences for those who do not want to participate in these celebrations," said the head of Government, Jorge Macri.
In the City there are more than 15,000 people who participate in the 130 murgas.
Those with the fewest members have 20, and the most numerous and traditional ones can reach up to 700. But beyond the celebration, in recent years there have been complaints about street closures, especially on avenues, during the weekends.
Although the cut in the City's parades has to do with reducing them, there is also a goal of
reducing economic spending.
And this situation is repeated in some municipalities of Greater Buenos Aires that also announced that there will be fewer or
no parades due to the adjustment in expenses.
“After a process of conversations and joint work, the municipality and the local troupes made the decision to suspend the 2024 edition of the Carnival of the Region, due to the
impact of the national economic measures
, which caused an adjustment in the population and which forces the Commune to direct greater resources to the purchase of food, medicines and the operation of essential services,” they said in the municipality of Ensenada, where the Kirchnerist leader Mario Secco is the mayor, in a press release.
Something similar happens in La Matanza, where Fernando Espinoza, another reference of Buenos Aires Krichnerism, is the communal leader.
And the situation could be repeated in other suburban districts.
S.C.