folk dancing in Mataderos

Mataderos, a suburb in 

the south of Buenos Aires.

According to the labyrinthine

bus guide book, Mataderos

is the home to one of the most

amazing 'Ferias'...a market

fair type event on the 

weekends. True! I was

quietly thrilled that i managed

to get on the right bus in 

the right direction, and

an hour or so later and

several cd's worth of 

songs...i was there. 

Mataderos was the original home

of the slaughterhouses for

the city. So lots of meat, cattle

and Gauchos. Cowboys.

Smack bang in the middle of rows and rows of artisanal specialty foods and crafts and smoking parrillas (barbecues) was this stage thick with an eager audience! These dancers were one of several groups that flounced their frocks and kicked up their heels. I sat until the sun started to grill me, and watched many different of styles of traditional folk dances performed by men and women of all ages, some fabulous musicians playing some hair raising, blood pumping, crowd going wild music. Take bus 29 from Belgrano.!