The creativity, identity and departmental work of the Carrusel del Sol cars were recognized after the 2023 edition of the National Sun Festival was held. During the night of Friday, February 24, more than 1,700 artists from the local culture displayed talent, joy and color along the Corsódromo del Costanera Complejo Ferial.
There, each department presented its carriage that responded to the theme of the FNS: “Connected”, showing its natural resources, the landscape, the work, the art and the traditions of each one. Within this framework, and after the Carrousel, three department cars were chosen by a jury and were winners.
They are 25 de Mayo, Rawson and Sarmiento, who obtained the highest scores with 119, 118 and 115, respectively. As for the economic prizes, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture gave the shows with the highest value the sum of $3,000,000 (1st place), $2,000,000 (2nd place) and $1,000,000 (3rd place).
“Beyond the recreational look, the background of this federal night has to do with work, visibility and recognition of the people who work in the territories, who dedicate their lives and make daily decisions to sustain culture and identity” , said the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Claudia Grynszpan.
The design and sculptural realization; interpretation, acting and movement; costumes and characterization; lighting and sound; recycling and use of materials and the balance between languages were the criteria that the jury took into account when qualifying.
“With this proposal, one of the most attractive of the National Sun Festival, working conditions are created so that the different age groups can find their way of life in tourism and culture,” said Grynszpan.
The three winning proposals
May 25: Born of the Earth
Land of origin, space of ancestral peoples who knew how to harmonize with the environment and learn from nature.
Each of the communities grows in light of the teachings of their predecessors and values the Earth as a generator of life and provider of sustenance. May 25, where history dawns.
Rawson: Pulsations
In the south of San Juan, a department is developed by the force of its inhabitants. Its engine is work; His strength, passion.
Rawson is countryside and it is city, it blurs its contours and extends its limits.
Accompanying their hearts in the same beat, its inhabitants have been weaving networks since ancient times and are witnesses and protagonists of their progress.
Sarmiento: Magic Land
Infinite landscape, there nature worked its magic.
Pedernal hides a treasure, the Seven Falls Waterfall. It is an extraordinary landscape where the water that flows from the stone draws small mirrors and turns the place into an enchanted place.
Sarmiento, the land where the mountainous formations offer the wealth of their entrails to men and women who carve the stone.
The judge
To carry out the selection process for the three projects, a jury was formed made up of representatives of different sectors with an artistic and community background. The members were: Ana Giménez (UNSJ), Eliana Perniche (UNS), Eduardo Baños (UNSJ), Melisa Cabello (lyrics), Alejandra Lloveras (dance), Ana Belén Toledo (music), María de los Ángeles Maestro (dance), Carlos Fagale (Mozarteum), Andrea Terranova (theater), Carolina Schvartz (visual arts), Carlos Gisberrt (scenography), Aníbal Peña (Conte Grand Cultural Center), Emanuel Díaz Ruiz (Franklin Rawson Museum), Alejandra Araya (letters) and Santiago Jofré (diversity).
