The new edition of the Concordia Carnival began on an excellent night where the Comparsas showcased their new artistic proposal on the "Atanasio Bonfiglio" runway. The Battle of the Passions is now underway: Bella Samba, Ráfaga, Emperatriz, and Imperio took to the Corsódromo Avenue to conquer the 2019 cup, dazzling the entire public that filled the venue as well as the thousands who followed the live broadcasts carried out over the internet.
"We come from difficult times, with everything that happened, with the river rising, but now that the river is receding, it was possible to carry out the inauguration and start the Concordia Carnival, which is a very important cultural and tourist event for the development of the city," noted the mayor Enrique Cresto after the inaugural ribbon-cutting. The municipal leader highlighted "the work of the different areas of the Municipality that worked so that the event could take place and the entire team that, together with Emcontur, worked on the promotion at a national level, because our Carnival has no ceiling," he assured.
Together with his wife Leticia Ponzinibio, and also the vice-mayor and president of the Deliberative Council Armando Gay, the Secretary General of the Government Edgardo Kueider, representing the Governor Gustavo Bordet, the Director of the Carnival Entity Sebastián Cuberli, the Secretary of Government and Tourism Alfredo Francolini, and the Carnival Queens of Concordia Agustina Barrio and of the Pequeños Duendes Kiara Capeche, the Municipal President performed the ribbon-cutting in the middle of the Corsódromo runway.
Present on this first night were the mayor of San Salvador Marcelo Berthet, the mayor of the city of Salto (ROU) Andrés Lima, the provincial coordinator of Events Eduardo Rodríguez, the director of the House of Entre Ríos in Buenos Aires José Ostrosky, the director of Tourism Product Promotion of the province Mónica Beber, the Secretary of Sports of the Municipality Marcelo Cresto, the provincial deputy Joaquín La Madrid, the councilors Carolina Amiano, Ivan Alalí, Alberto Zadoyko, among other local and provincial authorities.
The presence of the queens of the National Citriculture Festival Nadia Araya, of the National Boga Fishing Festival Dámaris Goñi, of the Immigrants' Festival Ana Laura Bidegain, the kings of the Students Sol Molinari and Rodrigo Gallo, and specially invited the Carnival Queen of Federal Érica Fragatta and Julieta Carlazara, Ambassador Princess of the National Camping Festival, from the city of San Guillermo, Santa Fe, was highlighted, within the framework of the promotions and tourist dissemination that have been carried out. This first night welcomed tourists who crossed "the pond" and came from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, as well as from different cities in Entre Ríos such as Chajarí, Nogoyá, and Paraná, and from provinces such as Santa Fe, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, and Tierra del Fuego, among other places.
The one in charge of raising the curtain was Bella Samba, which during its passage through the runway told the story of the characteristic music of this festival, the samba, in an anthropological rescue work of the culture. Then it was the turn of the multi-champion Ráfaga, which proposed a reunion with Mother Earth and the tricolor grandstand exploded with passion. In third place, Emperatriz paraded, which conquered all the senses of the Corsódromo and the green-and-white flags were raised. Closing this first carnival moon, the title defender, Imperio, with its love story in the "rebirth" of Garuda.
The next Saturday, February 2, will be the next parade of the Concordia Carnival, which in the current schedule extends until March 2, on the long weekend due to the national holidays of this celebration. On the second moon, the order of the parade grid will be Imperio, Bella Samba, Ráfaga, and Emperatriz. Tickets can be obtained online through www.concordiacarnaval.com.ar or in person starting Wednesday at Caja Mixta (Quintana 68), from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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