
Patoruzú - Monserrat (Buenos Aires)
S 34° 36.730 W 058° 22.143
21H E 374481 N 6169112
Depicted statue of "Indian" Patoruzú, one of the most important and influential characters in the Argentinian cartoon, You can find in the SW corner of park in Plaza General Agustin P. Justo in Monserrat district of Buenos Aires.
Waymark Code: WMQ9B9
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 01/15/2016
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Depicted statue of "Indian" Patoruzú, one of the most important and influential characters in the Argentinian cartoon, You can find in the SW corner of park in Plaza General Agustin P. Justo in Monserrat district of Buenos Aires.
The statue, unveiled in September 25, 2013, is one of many Argentinian comic statues scattered over Buenos Aires downtown in the frame of cultural program "Paseo de la Historieta (Cartoon walk)".
Patoruzú is a comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno and is considered the most popular hero of Argentine comics. Patoruzú is a wealthy Tehuelche cacique with great estate properties in Patagonia, and possesses both superhuman physical strength and a charitable yet naive heart. He was originally only a side character in Quinterno's series "Don Gil Contento", but became so popular with readers that the comic was renamed after him.
Patoruzú is the last descendant of the fictional Tehuelche Patoruzek dynasty. The source of his uncommon strength seems to be related to what he was fed as a child—soup made from the bones of an extinct giant animal—but also to the strength of all his ancestors, which he receives whenever he faces injustice. He is extremely generous and charitable but is often deceived by greedy characters, who in the end are always properly punished. Patoruzú uses many native expressions that give his speech an aboriginal flavor; however, they derive from different tribes of Argentina and so are not consistent with each other (e.g. Guaraní gurí, Mapuche Chei, etc.). [wiki]
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