The
Taragüi Located in a small green space, located on Ocean Drive, in the triangle formed by the streets of San Luis and Fray J. de la Quintana, found at: MONUMENT TO Taragüi
in bronze. Which is a replica of the statue, which has its original sculpture, cast in bronze patina is in the Museum of Fine Arts of the Province. This beautiful naked woman
the Statue of "Taragüi" is a tribute to women Guarani today the figure is representative and symbolic of women Corrientes.
Corrientes is the work of artist H. Puyau Amado, who won first prize in the National Sculpture Exhibition 1936, this figure, who won the EP in 1938 was cast in bronze and placed in its current location.
is said that the model was a society girl Corrientes, whose name is secret, the "audacity" that had to undress in front of the artist. Other women speak of a famous witch.
Taragüi was the Indian name given to the people, place where there were founded by Don Juan Torres de Vera y Aragon on April 3, 1588, in Punta Arazatí.
Taragui is alleged that means lizard Bartomeu definition it ratified by Melia, a specialist in ethno history and the highest authority in the Guarani language today, who told me that "Taragui Lizard has always been and I think in Corrientes not be lacking. "
Being the Guarani language closely linked to nature, to name a place Guarani resorted to expressions related to the site's natural features (plants, animals, geography), it is therefore very simple meaning and use of the term Taragui and need not resort to a complicated reasoning to understand.
"Culture Guarani continues unabated, both in the beauty of its images, language and many other elements to this day.
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