Tucuman Hi Claire. I'm glad you had a nice time in Tucuman and Argentina. As regards the local celebration you saw, it's the anniversary of the Battle of Tucumán, one of the battles fought in the early 19th century as part of the War of Independence. Local forces defeated the Spanish troops and the victory was dedicated to La Merced Virgin, the one in the first picture, who later became the patron saint of the province. Regards
dreamin of a past time Oh Claire,
I'm sitting in an internet cafe and I really wanna go back to being a filthy but happy backpacker.
Enjoy the great time you have, this is something special.
Lots of love
Helen
As avid readers of the claireandmarc blog will already know only too well I have now been on the road (usually lost on said road) for 10+ months visiting such delights as India (beautifully mad),Thailand (temples temples temples),Malaysia (no i dont want any whitening cream to get rid of my freckles thank you),Singapore (super clean) and New Zealand (everything i could have wished for).
New Zealand got a little cold however so instead of buying a jumper I decided to buy a flight and take a solo leap across the south pacific and see what South America is all about........... full info
JJ
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Tucuman
Hi Claire. I'm glad you had a nice time in Tucuman and Argentina. As regards the local celebration you saw, it's the anniversary of the Battle of Tucumán, one of the battles fought in the early 19th century as part of the War of Independence. Local forces defeated the Spanish troops and the victory was dedicated to La Merced Virgin, the one in the first picture, who later became the patron saint of the province. Regards