missycab
This week I went to a library here in Rosario, Argentina, and to my surprise I found a national Tarot deck!! (also to my surprise, tarot decks weren't placed behind the counter, but in a shelf, so I could browse through them without any problem).
The deck is called "Arcanos Argentinos" (Argentine Arcana) and it's based on a TdM deck. The deck is a reproduction of an art exposition that took place in Buenos Aires, in which 22 artists took part. One per each mayor arcana, and 4 of them were chosen for each one of the suits. There are many representations of national topics. For example, the cups look more like urns, and it's related to Perón and Evita (and the urn is very significative, because there has been certain fixation with their dead bodies). The swords represent people of the "villas miserias", which are like the favelas in Brazil. The suits of wands and coins are more traditional.
I wish I could scan some of the cards, but I don't have a scanner here. However, I found some links about the deck (they are in Spanish, but you can see the images):
http://www.guiasenior.com/contenido.../11/arcanos-argentinos-tarot-de-artistas.html
The devil: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...s/220771-1-esl-AR/Arcanos_Argentinos_nota.jpg
The hanged man: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...tino/237577-1-esl-AR/Tarot_argentino_nota.jpg
The high priestess: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...220786-1-esl-AR/La_Sacerdotisa_nota_slide.jpg
The deck is called "Arcanos Argentinos" (Argentine Arcana) and it's based on a TdM deck. The deck is a reproduction of an art exposition that took place in Buenos Aires, in which 22 artists took part. One per each mayor arcana, and 4 of them were chosen for each one of the suits. There are many representations of national topics. For example, the cups look more like urns, and it's related to Perón and Evita (and the urn is very significative, because there has been certain fixation with their dead bodies). The swords represent people of the "villas miserias", which are like the favelas in Brazil. The suits of wands and coins are more traditional.
I wish I could scan some of the cards, but I don't have a scanner here. However, I found some links about the deck (they are in Spanish, but you can see the images):
http://www.guiasenior.com/contenido.../11/arcanos-argentinos-tarot-de-artistas.html
The devil: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...s/220771-1-esl-AR/Arcanos_Argentinos_nota.jpg
The hanged man: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...tino/237577-1-esl-AR/Tarot_argentino_nota.jpg
The high priestess: http://www.artealdiaonline.com/var/...220786-1-esl-AR/La_Sacerdotisa_nota_slide.jpg
