He Salamanca National Festival in Santiago del Estero announced the suspension of his XXXII editionwhich was going to take place next February, due to “the difficult economic and financial situation that crosses our national state,” the organizing commission indicated in a statement.
The suspension of the festival Salamancawhich is a traditional and recognized celebration that has been held for 30 years in the Club Atlético Sarmientofrom the city of The bandwith prominent national artists, joins the suspension days ago of the National Chacarera Festival.
These festivals that take place in the province of Santiago del Estero In each edition that takes place in January and February, thousands of people are invited, not only from the Argentina but also from other neighboring countries.
From the organizing committee of the Salamanca Festival indicated that “it is imperative to make this decision with extreme caution, in order to preserve the realization and success of our festivalstanding out mainly for the accessibility of your tickets for the whole family, the billboard with local, national and international artists and other services provided during the nights of the event.”
At the same time they add: “Unfortunately the economic and financial outlook that we are going through today, ago impossible make budget estimates with respect to the essential and necessary costs to be able to set up the assembly and structure of the festival.”
“Budgets change day to daythese expenses are not limited only to the payment of artists, but to many items of different types that vary day by day in price because they are subject to the value of the dollar“, they added.
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“In this very difficult context, we want to make a special mention for all artistswhich year after year graced the stage of the National Festival of La Salamanca with their art, their culture, their passion for music, dance, dance, who took us with their lyrics and expressions to the deepest memories of our city and our history as ‘Cradle of Poets and Singers’”.
“With great regret,” they added, “and with a realistic look at the national, provincial and municipal context This decision is currently reported by the Organizing Commission of the National Festival of La Salamanca with the hopes that the situation will soon normalize and this important cultural meeting will be held again,” they finally indicated.
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Days ago, the Agustín Carabajal Foundation and the Organization of the National Chacarera Festival They also communicated the temporary suspension of its January 2024 edition, given the economic context that the country is going through.
“In a social emergency that puts at risk the land that sustains us, the habitat in which we live and the social groups that constitute our communities and where the inequities, asymmetries and inequalities“We support popular culture and continue to believe in the creative strength of the people of Santiago,” indicated the organizers, who added that until they can do it again “with the usual power and quality”the chacarera will be celebrated in a “more traditional and everyday” way and they invited a meeting with artists this Saturday, January 6, from 10 p.m. in Plaza Añoranza,” in the capital of Santiago.
Source: Ambito
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