CosquÃn, Córdoba
Cosquín is the capital of the department Punilla in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina. It is located in Punilla Valley at Río Cosquín, at the foot of Cerro Pan de Azucar in the Sierras de Córdoba and today has a population of 25,000, together with the grown-together with the city suburbs Villa Bustos, Santa María de Punilla and Bialet Massé, which Cosquín a forms local community, there are about 40,000.
The city is an important tourist center mainly because of its location in a lovely hilly landscape, close to the metropolis of Córdoba and because of its festivals. The most famous folklore festival takes place here every year, Argentina's late January, on the Argentine not only stars, but also celebrities from other countries in Latin America occur. Early February, followed by the largest open-air rock festival in Argentina, Cosquin Skirt ( 80,000-120,000 visitors), and a few days later the newer Cosquín Cuarteto, the biggest festival of music direction Cuarteto nationwide.
The festival Folclórico de Cosquín ( Folk Festival )
For the first time the festival was held on the initiative of some citizens ( Here Cosquín ) from 21 to 29 January 1961 with the Eröffnungsruf " Aquííí Cosquíííínnnn " who wanted to establish a tourist attraction in the summer holidays. The nine -day event called Las nueve lunas de Cosquín ( The nine moons ). The festival sparked a renewal of Argentine and Latin American folk music. One contributing factor was that among others, the influential radio station Belgrano de Buenos Aires from 1962 on was live the festival. Success came early as 1963 the State President José María Guido explain the last week of January for the National Folk Week. In 1972, the stage was named after Atahualpa Yupanqui, who won the 1969 first prize. Since 1984 the festival in parts also will be broadcast live on television. 2001, the stage was renewed and replaced by a 50 m wide and 830 m wide rotary stage to accelerate the exchange of musicians. Around 10,000 spectators are in the building place.
The festival occurred on numerous internationally successful musicians, among other Mercedes Sosa, Los Cantores Del Alba, Los Chalchaleros, Ramona Galarza, Los de Salta, Gustavo Cuchi Leguizamón, Antonio Tormo and Soledad Pastorutti.