El 25 de noviembre en Paraguay : de Día de la Independencia a Día de la Constitución

Abstract

Part of a long-span research, this article reviews the national holiday of November 25th, one of Paraguay’s most important celebrations. This celebration’s symbolical meaning has changed throughout the last 97 years; in its first stage it commemorated the ratification of the country’s independence but with the end of the war against the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) it became the national celebration of the Constitution. The author also explores how discourses connected to the date have help build the symbolic bicephalism surrounding it.