The First Official Snow Polo Event in the Southern Hemisphere will be held on August 15 and 16 at Cerro Chapelco, the famous ski center in the province of Neuquen. The tournament will showcase four teams up to 16 goals.
The Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup will be the most important event of snow polo in the country, and unlike other exhibitions played on this surface, Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup is an official competition certify by the World Polo Tour.
Some of the most important patrons and businessmen in Argentina are playing the tournament, along with the world's best player, Adolfo Cambiaso. It will be also the debut on snow polo of the former soccer star, Gabriel Batistuta.
Another ten-goaler will be playing the Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup, Agustín Merlos, who holds the record of goals scored at the Argentine Open.
The Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup joins the Snow Polo category in the World Polo Tour, along with St. Moritz Polo World Cup on Snow, Cortina D 'Ampezzo Gold Cup and the S Club Snow Arena Polo World Cup Courchevel.

Teams:

Jaeger-Le Coultre: Ernesto Gutierrez Conte, 1. Adolfo Cambiaso, 10, and Fernando Pigni, 3. Handicap. 14.
Julius Baer: Juan Cruz Adrogué 1. Agustin Merlos, 10, and Valentin Caset, 4. Handicap. 15.
Mastercard: Jorge Colombatti, 0. Guillermo "Sapo" Caset, 8 and Tomas Gandara, 6. Handicap. 14.
Clear: Gabriel Batistuta, 1, Tomas Pieres, 7 and Martin Garrahan, 7. Handicap. 15.

For the first time in Argentina, Star Wars fans will have the opportunity to live a unique experience: Star Wars The Exhibition, starting July 2, 2009 until September 13, 2009, at Centro Cultural Recoleta.
Star Wars The Exhibition Argentina features over 200 original objects, costumes, props, drawings, vehicles and models from the Star Wars movies. These objects give visitors a rare glimpse into the making of the epic saga.
Some of the life-sized featured items are:
Space ships: “Jedi Starfighter”; “Anakin Skywalker´s Podracer”; “Imperial Speeder Bike”; “Anakin´s Airspeeder”.
Models: "Millennium Falcon"; "Imperial Star Destroyer".
The exhibition features nine different rooms to recreate the atmosphere of each particular world, along with several interactive activities that range from Jedi training to a green screen simulation which puts visitors right into the films.
At the Jedi School, kids will be trained by Jedi Masters to learn how to use laser sabres to defeat the evil Darth Vader and Darth Sidious.

Location: Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junin 1930.
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 9 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10 am to 9 pm
Tickets: AR $ 35. Children under 3: free. On sale at Centro Cultural Recoleta or through Ticketek Argentina.
Star Wars The Exhibition Argentina official website.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Ciudad Cultural Konex presents the fourteenth edition of Pecha Kucha Night, a “showcasing + networking” event created in Japan in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, in which 12-15 creators from different disciplines have 6 minutes and 40 seconds each to show an idea or project, through 20 images screened for 20 seconds. Once the presentations are finished, the guest artists get together to exchange their opinions, and the public is invited to enjoy some music and conversation.

The participating artists confirmed for this edition are:

Bobby Flores + Pepe Monje
Vicki Otero (clothing design)
No Avestruz (cultural space)
ZKYSKY (editorial identity)
Picnic (home decor)
Jaz/Franco Fasoli (art)
Schwerpunkt (audiovisual productions)
Collage Lab (graffiti)
ZIZEK (record label)
Maldón Entertainment (board games)
Mariano Sigman (cognitive sciences)
Amartya (NGO)

“Pecha kucha” (which means chit-chat in Japanese), is presented in several cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangladore, Bangkok , Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Bern, Bogotá , Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Delhi, Dublin , Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenberg, Groningen, Hamburg, Harvard, Helsinki, Hobart, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico city, Miami, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Perth, Portland, Porto Alegre, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Udine, Vienna, Washington DC.

Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009. 8 PM
Location: Ciudad Cultural Konex. Sarmiento 3131. Buenos Aires.
Tickets: AR$ 20. Ticketek Argentina or Ciudad Cultural Konex ticket office: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11.30 PM, Sunday 5 Pm to 9:30 PM.
More information: www.pechakucha.com.ar

On Sunday, August 23, 2009, the Japanese Garden of Buenos Aires (Av. Figueroa Alcorta and Casares, Palermo) presents the festival "Dondoh Matsuri - The Fire Ceremony".

This is an ancient tradition celebrated before the times of the Samurais at the Dondoh Yaki. In this ceremony, the God of Fire is invoked so the God of Earth wakes up from his winter sleep. The God of Fire warms up the Earth so the seeds germinate, and also protects the harvests.
The public will receive small wooden boards that will be hung on the iron tree and burnt, so the flames raise their prayers as they go up.
These are the steps to follow to complete the wooden boards:
1) Reflect on the past year.
2) Think on the facts or things that made you uncomfortable.
3) Write them on the board
4) Hang the board on the metallic tree.
5) During the bonfire, repeat mentally your desire that those disturbing things won't happen again and that they become energy that the soil needs for the crops to grow strong.
The main goal is to become free of the bad omen, and desire that the bad energy turns into prosperity.
The Festival of Fire will be accompanied by traditional dances and songs, Karate Do exhibitions, and a show of Japanese Drums by the group Mukaito Taiko

Program of Activities:
12.30 to 1.50 pm: ParaPara Workshop
2.45 to 3.15 pm: Taiko (Japanese Drums) by Matsuri Daiko
3.30 to 4.00 pm: Dance and Songs, by Japanese Association of Burzaco
2.45 to 3.15 pm: Karate Demonstration by Nelson Nakazato / Dojos Ken Institute
4.00 to 5.00 pm Bon Odori
5.30 pm: Closing of the Festival, with burning of boards and Taiko