CELEBRATIONS – FOLKLORICS – PATRIA GAUCHA

Celebrations - Folklorics

Patria Gaucha

Characteristics:

Official Name : Fiesta de la Patria Gaucha
Celebrated Since : 1987
Ubication : Laguna de las lavanderas, Tacuarembó, Uruguay

Description :

The Patria Gaucha Festival is an event held annually in the city of Tacuarembó, Uruguay since 1987, on the grounds of the Laguna de las Lavanderas.

The event is held every year, with duration of five days in March, unlike the early years that was held in February. Among the many activities that take place in the week of the festival, we can highlight rodeos, music stages with various artists from different genres, both national and international, competition between nativist societies and a parade with typical costumes where hundreds of people are involved.

Competition :

During the development of the various events, companies teams called Criollas, are housed in areas called "Fogones" that are built by themselves responding to a chosen topic.

To highlight the figure of the horse, it is of great importance in the competition the events in the “Ruedo”, where various activities are performed such as: shooting tie, boleadoras, rodeos, and others.

The party usually develops around the Criollas Societies, and there, a number of activities and competitions where each Society participates with the aim of adding more points, access the jackpot, and being elected as the best in the event is held.

Philatelic Issues

2016 – Uruguay – Unique Miniature Sheet, from Patria Gaucha Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: March 4th, 2016
Printed: 10.000 Copies
Type: Unique Miniature Sheet from Series
Value: UYP 20

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 90 mm. x 60 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

URU - 2015 - #029 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - SPECIAL POSTMARK: PHILATELIC EXHIBITION URUTEM 2015, CENTENARY OF NEON LIGHT

Uruguay - 2015 - Special Postmark: Philatelic Exhibition URUTEM 2015, Centenary of Neon Light ( Previous / Next )

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POSTMARK on Cover 1 --- 3,50 EUR
POSTMARK on Cover 2 --- 3,50 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: September 2nd, 2015 (it was put in the post office website after Artigas Pink webpage was published)

Cover Type: Official Cover from Post Office
Cover Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Philatelic Exhibitions, from Wider Philately or Exhibitions, and in particular Thematic Stamp Exhibitions, or URUTEMS, as the release celebrates the 2015 Edition of URUTEM.

URUTEM 2015 took place from September 2nd to September 4th on Montevideo, and in it, there were shown Thematic Collections from Brazilian and Uruguayan Philatelists.

Now, looking more at the desing of this Special Postmark, as besides presenting URUTEM 2015, it also celebrates the Centenary of the Neon Lights, other Topics appears, as: Technology, Light, Electricity, Chemistry, and Noble Gases.

Finally, the choice of Stamps for this Special Postmark was with the intention to reinforce Philately Topic, so a release of 2005 about another URUTEM Philatelic Exhibition was selected, which add the Topics: Architecture, and Trees, and then a Stamp celebrating the 150 Years of the Uruguayan Stamps from 2006 that adds the following Topics: Stamps over Stamps, Sun, Sun of May, Horses from a wider Animals, and Stagecoach from a wider Transport.

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