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Local teachers make a festival together in 9 de Julio

Organizers of the town’s thirteenth yoga festival describe shared teaching and unpaid work behind the November 7 gathering.

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In the Argentine town of 9 de Julio, local teachers came together for the thirteenth Festival de Yoga on November 7. A November 12 account in Diario El 9 de Julio centers on the work behind the gathering.

Cooperation beyond a class

The organizers thank teachers who contributed classes and helped with arrangements without payment, and CEF No. 101 for providing its space. Valeria Lagomarsino describes preparation as a shared undertaking requiring time and many helping hands.

Andrea Lezaeta and Georgina González Frea connect that cooperation with building community across differences. These are the organizers’ reflections, rather than an independent evaluation of the event.

The report gives no attendance total or measured outcomes. Its most concrete contribution is a picture of teachers pooling their effort for one local occasion. A fourteenth edition is an ambition for next year, not yet a published program.

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