San Patricio

Argentina

In Argentina, and especially in Buenos Aires, all-night long parties are celebrated in designated streets, since the weather is comfortably warm in March. People dance and drink only beer throughout the night, until seven or eight in the morning, and although the tradition of mocking those who do not wear green does not exist, many people wear something green. In Buenos Aires, the party is held in the downtown street of Reconquista, where there are several Irish pubs;^[29][30] in 2006, there were 50,000 people in this street and the pubs nearby.^[31] Neither the Catholic Church nor the Irish community, the fifth largest in the world outside Ireland,^[32] take part in the organisation of the parties