Cosquin Rock
''Cosquin may refer to a place * Cosquín, Córdoba, a small town in Argentina a festival * Cosquín Festival a river * Cosquín River a surname * Emmanuel Cosquin Emmanuel Cosquin (1841 – 1919) was a French folklorist. He wrote the "Popular Tales of Lorraine," in the introduction to which he argues for the theory that the development as well as the origin of such tales is historically traceable to India. ...

Cosquín Festival
The Cosquín Folk Festival (not to be confused with the Cosquín Rock festival) is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America. It lasts nine days and takes place in the second half of January in the city of Cosquín, a scenic, Punilla Valley location in Córdoba Province. The tradition used to refer to ''nine moons of Cosquín.'' History The first Festival was held Cosquín between 21 and 29 January 1961. The initiative came from a group of city residents led by Dr. Reinaldo Wisner and Dr. Alejandro Guinder, who decided to organize a folklore music and culture show during the summer holidays, in order to attract tourism. The presence of renowned artists from around the country exceeded all expectations, and the festival became the largest annual folk event in the country, as well as one of the most important in Latin America. The Cosquín Festival unfolded into a ''boom of folklore music'' in the 1960s and '70s, becoming ...
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Cosquín River
The Cosquín River is a small river in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It is located in the area of the Punilla Valley and is part of the upper drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ... of the Suquía River. The Cosquín receives the waters of several other minor rivers and streams and flows southwards into and across the Punilla Valley, passing by the city of Cosquín and then taking the name of Santa María River. The Cosquín flows into the San Roque River and empties into the artificial reservoir of the San Roque Lake. External links Visite Cosquín Rivers of Argentina Rivers of Córdoba Province, Argentina {{Argentina-river-stub ...
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