The Cosquín Folk Festival is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America.
Cosquín: Atahualpa Yupanqui stage, c. 1970
Atahualpa Yupanqui, a symbol of Cosquín. In 1967 he won first prize at the festival, and in 1972, the new stage was named in his honor.
Kawamata: the Cosquín Festival in Japan.
Stage at the Cosquín Festival, whose large screens magnify the view of the performances.
The folkloric music of Argentina traces its roots to the multiplicity of native indigenous cultures. It was shaped by four major historical-cultural events: Spanish colonization and forced African imm
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The carnavalito, a millenary Andean style of Argentine folklore.
Spanish colonization and biological and cultural miscegenation led to the creation of new forms of popular music, such as the payada, the preferred style of the gaucho.