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Dia Nacional del Arpa Paraguaya in Asuncion/nationwide
Paraguay observes a Dia Nacional del Arpa Paraguaya, a designated day honoring the country's harp tradition, distinct from the separately staged Festival Mundial del Arpa concert series, though the exact commemorated date and founding rationale could not be fully confirmed within available sources during this research.
The harp occupies a symbolic place in Paraguayan identity that few other instruments match, closely tied to the country's guarania and polka musical traditions and to composers such as Felix Perez Cardozo, whose work remains actively performed, recorded, and rediscovered by musicians today.