Redheads from all over the country gathered in Buenos Aires

Redheads from different parts of the country have focused this afternoon at Women's Bridge, in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires, to celebrate their thirteen-year-long day at a time when painter had been exceeded. red-haired women in Breda, Holland.

RedHead Day (Roodharigendag) has been celebrated since 2005 and it was because the painter Bart Rouwenhorst then ran an advertisement in a Dutch newspaper looking for red-headed women for a painting. He needed 15 calls but 150 No, decided to hold a meeting and so a festival was born which, 13 years later, brings together thousands of redheads from different parts of the world.

In 2013, also in Breda, the Netherlands, a Guinness record was obtained after gathering 1672 people and taking a photo with the most natural rouxes, said Omar Fornataro, founder of the Pelirrojos club.

This organization created in 2013 aims to "promote meetings between roux, sometimes solidarity activities and travel through different places with messages that reject discrimination, but most importantly, strengthen the links between us," said Fornataro.

With this in mind and to celebrate the International Day of the Redheads, this 55-year-old man and his "club" focused shortly after 2 pm on the Women's Bridge, calling "colos" from various locations via social networks . .

"Since I went to study in Buenos Aires almost two years ago, I attended these meetings," Jeremiah Cevilan told Telam when handing out the pins to those present.

The young man from Santiago del Estero said that "many of us are already friends, we meet every two or three months, couples have formed and they have also defeated".

"He appeared after several generations," said Veronica Navas, holding his 20-month-old son Dante in his arms, and said that in the family of the little one "there is no familiar" redhead " , at least those we have come to know. "

"It's a novelty in our family, it's our little colorado special and it makes us all crazy," said the 37-year-old woman who learned about the existence of the activity via social networks and "who wanted Dante to participate".

"I did not think there were so many red people, it's not common to see so much roux together," said Jesica, 21, who has been coming to the business since the city of Laferrere, in Buenos Aires.

After sharing their experiences, met "the news" and having them greeted, the group of redheads, almost all dressed in green, as invited by the invitation on social networks, took a picture of the Women's Bridge to capture it. the encounter.