Overview

• Buenos Aires hosts a free celebration at Palacio Libertad (ex CCK) featuring the Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina led by Lucía Zicos and a duo from the Ballet Folklórico Nacional, Carolina Barbatto and Alexis Bogado.
• Córdoba promotes the Camino del Folklore del Norte Cordobés with peñas, performances and regional cuisine, including visits to the Atahualpa Yupanqui house museum in Cerro Colorado and the Sendero El Silencio.
• In Córdoba’s capital, the Paseo del Buen Pastor offers a lineup with Los Duarte, La Forestal de la Danza and drum ensembles, plus a bombos procession led by Bombos Intikilla and Actitud Lewera with hosting by Sergio Castro.
• The date reflects the first printed use of the word folklore by William John Thoms on August 22, 1846, in The Athenaeum of London, a term derived from folk (people) and lore (knowledge).
• Coverage varies on who formalized the international observance, with some citing UNESCO or the UN and others pointing to the 1960 First International Congress of Folklore in Buenos Aires presided by Augusto Raúl Cortázar.