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Argentina Marks Día de la Tradición With Nationwide Festivities

General San Martín observes a local holiday for the sixth Festival Martín Fierro, spotlighting the gaucho legacy.

A girl rides a horse in a parade marking "Tradition Day" in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. This town in Buenos Aires province holds a gaucho festival every year to honor the birth of Argentine writer Jose Hernandez, author of the country's national poem "The Gaucho Martin Fierro," about the Argentine gaucho lifestyle. People from across the country attend the celebration to preserve gaucho traditions. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) san antonio de areco festejo dia de la tradicion celebracion de preservar las tradiciones gauchas costumbres tradiciones
El 10 de noviembre se celebra el Día de la Tradición en la Argentina (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Overview

  • Argentina observes the November 10 Día de la Tradición to honor José Hernández, born in 1834 and author of the seminal Martín Fierro.
  • The date was instituted in Buenos Aires Province by Law 4756 in 1939 and given federal scope by National Law 21.154 in 1975.
  • General San Martín, Hernández’s birthplace, is the only locality with a day off, hosting the sixth Festival Martín Fierro from November 7 to 10 with free cultural events.
  • Festivities across provinces feature gaucho parades, folk music peñas, artisan markets, and traditional foods such as asado, empanadas, and locro.
  • Coverage revisits Hernández’s life and work, noting reports of his activity in Masonic lodges alongside the literary and social impact of Martín Fierro (1872) and its sequel (1879).