Painting book covers in
Diagonal Norte
Buenos Aires
December 8th
A big day in Captial Federal, where
everyone took to the streets
to celebrate 30 years of
democracy with miles of
stalls featuring Argentinain
made products and services.
Lots of groups thronged into Plaza de Mayo, the
main square in the city centre, and where the pink house, Casa Rosada is.
The Argentine version of the white house. Masses, and i mean masses of people thronged the city centre, groups with their flags and banners and of course the drummers all marched in to celebrate. A massive stage was erected to play host to a number of late night bands.
It was a hot day and kids were playing in the fountains, men wandering around with eskys selling helados (ice-cream) and as wave upon wave of individual groups marched noisily past, i wondered where everyone would fit. The Eloise Cartoneras were there with their stall. We were there to sell books and asist with people painting the covers of their free book; an anthology of poetry and politics, kindly sponsored by the government. It was a fabulous day, hot and chaotic, just the way i like it.
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