Hippie village, symbol of popular culture
The hippie village It is one of the walks of artisans with more renown and history existing in the Argentina. Located in sea of the pampasits popularity was established not only as a simple place to sell handicraftsbut also became in a cultural reference site from the city.
It stands out, above all, for its architectural appeal extravagant and highly artistic any way you look at it. “The village It was built taking into account many Feng Shui precepts. That is why you can see many waterfalls and fountains, for example,” says one of the vendors of “the little village“, as they affectionately call it. for these holidays, it is speculated that he will present a larger turnout than that of previous years.
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Municipality of Villa Gesell
The village born in 2003when it starts to build. The project arose through the need of a group of artisans, who practiced their profession in the downtown area of Villa Gesell. Although they had their stalls, they had nowhere to live and produce. They chose Mar de las Pampas”for its pleasant environment and its affordable prices”, according to one of its current owners and founders.
The initial idea was that the artisans they will settle down being able to live and produce there. But keeping their business activities in Gesell. Although, if there was an opportunity to sell something else in Mar de las Pampas, the idea was that they could do it too. But how something extra, not like something official.
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But, since they were installed, the reality was different. “Already the first year took us by surprise. Why we we came to work in our workshops, nothing more. Until, suddenly, like a boom, our presence arose. And so he wore us the following years. Many locals who came with their work history in Gesell, they ended up leaving there and staying in Mar de las Pampas. Went exit here in 2004 and 2005. And every day it grows moreadded the founder.
La Aldea today, in addition to having a wide variety of venuesof all items and styles, also has a free public librarywhich counts with more than 6000 volumes of a vast number of topics. Also has an open-air reading space, located on the terrace of the same. And it also has chess tables for public use and of the artisans themselves, which They are spread out all over the property..
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“The chess is the game we choose. And today It is the most representative of our Hippie Village”, said one of the merchants installed there.
The simultaneous chesswhich are a game dynamic in which a player faces several players at the same timethe Friday and Saturday from 21 to 24 hours. In the Village, they are coordinated by the teacher and popular chess player from Villa GesellEsteban Allo.
Opposite the public library is the Amphitheater, where they show up -by reservation- all artists, musicians and poets who so wish and require, to offer their shows to the public that goes along the promenade. The entrance it is completely free and freewith collaboration to the hat.
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Municipality of Villa Gesell
The village It is open every day of the yearsince they also participate Some neighbors from Mar de las Pampas. It does not work only in the holiday seasonalthough obviously, in these seasons is when there is more participation of people.
The Estación de las Pampas: ride a train paused in time
The “Pampas Station“is, if you will, an extension from the Hippie Village. created long after the Villagethe town installed it next to the first. Both walks, although they are different, share the same finitude and artistic admiration.
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The walk basically consists of in a train station with old aesthetics. It is, visually, the classic village stopwith a sign engraved on the wall and the typical columns that make a roofed gallerya. And right in front of this entrance, an old wooden wagon -to real scale- that emulates that old style even more. Y feed even more to the imaginary belief of be inside an old station.
Internally is organized in the same way as the Village: has a wide variety of stores and businesses They offer all kinds of products that may interest you. Although the difference lies in what kind of products do you sell. A local source maintains that, although they have their charmin the Estación de las Pampas it is possible to find products mostly “of design” Y “not so handmade” like those of the Village.
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To the station” can be accessed from the Village itselfsince both spaces also share an internal courtyardwhich is the one open the way to the amphitheater previously mentioned.
Source: Ambito
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