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 - 1998 - OCT 30TH - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - FESTIVAL OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH, JUVENALIA '98

Uruguay - 1998 - Festival of Childhood and Youth Juvenalia '98 ( Previous / Next )

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: October 30th, 1998
Printed: 35.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [27 mm. x 39 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: Unknown
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [Unknown]

FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC Shape and Size: Rectangular [162 mm. x 112 mm.]

Catalogue information:

Michel: 2405
Ivert: 1769
Scott: 1753
Stanley & Gibbons: 2485

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are:  Childhood and Youth and also Festivals in general, and in particular the Festival of Childhood and Youth Juvenalia '98.

Now, looking at the desing of the Issue, some Topics arises. The first probably is Children Drawings, as the desing of the stamp was made by Melissa Madelen Migliozzi, who was eleven year old at this time and was a student of Sixth grade of the Maria Auxiliadora College of Paso de los toros, a city of the Tacuarembó Department, in Uruguay. Her drawing was the winner of a contest made in the previous year instance of the same festival, Juvenalia '97, and the topic of the contest was "El juego", that means "The play" in the meaning of Children Playing, and the motto proposed by Melissa Migliozzi was "Para ayudar hay que jugar", that in english means something like: "In order to help, play is needed".

Besides this clear relationship with Children Drawing, as the design made by Melissa Migliozzi was two Hands hititng a Ball, clearly in the way that most Volleyball hits are done, this release fit in a Volleyball Collection, and also in a wider Sports Collection too.

Finally, for the Motto selected also Help, Aid, and Solidarity could be Topics of this Issue too.

If you consider that there are another topics in this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.