Art in the streets 馃彁 Soccer fanaticism (Diego)

Hello Steve,

Still keeping an eye out for problems and protests here in South America. None of that was seen today. But I did find paint!

This is near Centenario.

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It would appear that the most famous futbol player is able to see all the games it would take to get to some destination - that is what I was thinking when I saw this and moved to the left to see where the film goes.

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There it is. That is a lot of frames of great plays flowing out of Diego's mind and leading to the world cup.

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Here is the last slide and I am not sure if the celebration is part of the round badge of this "Murga" group or what but I will translate what I can.

The outer ring states that "being unknown (disowned) is a feeling that was born in Almagro (a neighborhood here) and will live on forever"

The next inner circle says, "The always unknown - Almagro"

And the center image that looks like a Jester is there because they dress up and wear those kind of hats when they play and dance the Murga. It is a dance with many leaps and contortions with only drums and cymbals playing. I will post about that if anyone asks me to.

Here is one more close--up of this artwork to finish things off.

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I was out today for some time and found zero 'bolonquis' happening. I am not sure if it is because everyone is on vacation or if everyone just became satisfied with their situations. When this happens, I shoot pictures of amazing art all around the city.

So here is the full image. It looks like it is on a house but it is really a building inside a park.
The depiction is Diego Maradona who came from a magic genie's lamp. The he dreams of many matches and it all leads to a world cup and celebrations.

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Bolonqui is slang for desorden or lio in Spanish - Big Mess in English.
Even the word is messed up - original is quilombo