Gualeguaychú Carnival

This stage is in charge of a jury made up by well-known celebrities, both local and foreign, from different cultural fields, such as scenographers, costume designers, painters, architects and musicians. No jurors from Gualeguaychú are admitted. There are different jurors every week and their tasks are divided so that musicians evaluate music, costume designers the costumes, scenographers the floats, and so on.

Once scoring has been agreed upon, they are put into a closed envelope and handed in to a notary public. Other jurors take part the following week. Thus, the total number of jurors reaches ten, the same number of weekends during which carnival is celebrated.

On the Tuesday following the last celebration day -March 7-, the envelopes are opened in a private meeting, but the event is broadcast live, with the presence of the notary public and the representatives of the clubs. Members, authorities and sympathizers get together at their locations to watch the broadcasting and throb at each result.

Three general aspects are evaluated by the jury:

a) Floats, with the following items: reference to theme, size, shape, color, lighting, construction and details.

b) Costumes, with the items: design, confection and compliance with the theme.

c) Music and dancing, including: lyrics, melody, singing, performance, carnival spirit and body language. Each aspect is given a score from 1 to 6. As an additional category to their corresponding field, the dance jury also evaluates the paraders, and the music jury, the batucadas. But these two fields take part in the competition in an independent way, as they do not contribute to the general scoring.