El festival de Barranquilla

4 FAIRS AND PARTIES OF COLOMBIA La feria de Cali

El carnaval de negros y blancos
La feria de las flores
BLACKS AND WHITES'
EL CARNAVAL DE NEGROS Y BLANCOS
CARNIVAL

THE BLACKS AND WHITES CARNIVAL IS

CELEBRATED IN SAN JUAN DE PASTO, IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO, LOCATED
IN THE SUB-REGION OF COLOMBIA
BESIDE THE ECUADORIAN COUNTRY.
THIS CARNIVAL BEGINS ON JANUARY
2 ND AND ENDS ON JANUARY 7 TH (SOME
SAY THAT THE CARNIVAL BEGINS ON
DECEMBER 28 TH , WITH THE DAY OF THE
HEALTHY INNOCENT).
ORIGIN
Colonial times
All of January 5th, the slaves of San Juan
de Pasto were free for a one day. For this
reason, the slaves celebrated with music,
dances, food and painted with carbon the
people who passed for the street.
The celebration was very wonderful, so
much that many white people participated
of this, no matter them reputation.

The King of Spain grant the january 5th to the

slaves of Pasto.
ORIGEN

XIX Century
Since 1812 the whites began to live the
carnival more than a one day, with alcohol
and costumes, the celebration would be for
five days.
XX Century
The artisans participate of the celebration,
especially the January 6th, the “Día de los
blanquitos”, creating big floats than reflect the
identity indigenous, Spanish people and Afro-
American.
THE PRESENT DAY
The carnival is a party of communication in
that express the freedom, the game, the art,
the creativity, the happiness and the
fraternity love of nariñense people.

Blacks and Whites’ carnival promote the

meeting with the others, with the others
differences through the magic and the
mythological of the stories for celebrate
life... being alive.
It has become a place of “(…) offers pleasure and enjoyment, motivates participation,
communion, it In 2002 it was declared summons the other inhibited self, awakens the collective
symbolizes the union of Intangible Cultural subconscious and strengthens the human spirit, based on the
cultures and is an exercise of freedom, the transgression of rules, the collapse of
Heritage of Humanity taboos and the admission of excesses.“
example of coexistence.
-Leonardo Zarama
DATES
- December 28th Innocents day (some people say that the
festival starts with the humor of the people of Nariño).
- January 2nd Offering to the “Virgen de las Mercedes”.
- January 3rd Decisive march, day of youth and the
“carnivalito” takes place.
- January 4th Arrival of the Castañeda family
- January 5th “Día de las negritos” (climax of the carnival)
- January 6th Day of the whites, great parade of carrosas: Carnival is a way of remembering
political, economic and social views that affect your life.
Expressions of the Andean feeling. what happens in the year: the
good, the bad or the worst.
HISTORY OF FERIA DE CALI
On August 7, 1956, a great
explosion occurred, a tragic
event that generated ruins, loss
of human lives and a notable
economic recession in the city.

The authorities decided the

following year to organize a fair as
an opportunity to overcome the
tragedy and an engine of economic
reactivation.
 Music, dance, comparsas, cars
and speed sports are observed.
Besides the Salsódromo, one of
the plans that the biggest public
summons is the meeting of
Collectors.

The Fair has been identified with

two words that describe very well
the feeling of the Cali people
towards their most important
popular festival: joy and salsa.

Feria de la caña Most of the programming is

free.
 The Cali Fair starts the last
week of the year with the
people of Cali who are
friendly with the visitors. It is
a party that is celebrated
throughout the city, with
more than 50 events that
invite you to enjoy this event
that is planned all year.
FERIA DE LAS FLORES
FLOWER FAIR

Place: Medellín, Antioquia

Region: Andes
Date: August 1 - 10, every year
Duration: 10 days
“CITY OF ETERNAL SPRING”

140 cultural, traditional, and modern events,

the following among them: a horse fair, an
orchestra festival, the national trova festival
(singers in duels of improvised verses), an old
and classic cars parade, a dog walk, musical
and cultural platforms, the festival of
remembrance and folk songs, a contest of
talented women, the chiva carnival (a chiva is
the typical open-sided bus built on a truck
chassis), and the national championship of
noise on wheels.
ORIGINS OF THE FLOWER FAIR
- The first flower fair was held on May 1,
1957, and lasted five days.
- In search of novelty and a way to
lure paisasinto participation, Arturo Uribe, an
illustrious Antioquenean, proposed the
silleteros parade. On that occasion, he
invited silleteros from the nearby district of
Santa Elena who had devoted themselves to
flower production for generations. The
invitation was accepted by forty silleteros,
and the spectators, attracted by the beauty
and color of the flowers, fell in love with the
parade.
THE SILLETEROS: A NOT-
TO-BE-FORGOTTEN
TRADITION
Silleteros is the term used for the farmers who make
beautiful flower arrangements on a silleta (a chair-like
contraption for carrying flowers on a person’s back).
This parade is recognized as a cultural heritage of
Colombia.
The silletas are made from wood and have a back
plate and two handles for hanging the silleta on a
person’s back. They were used in colonial times to carry
people on the mountains of Antioquia. The most
emblematic figure of this tradition is the legendary
María La Larga, a silletera who carried children on her
back. María and her novel way of transportation
convinced many of the region’s farmers that silletas
were the easiest, fastest way for carrying flowers from
the farm to the city.
Every year, men women, and children proudly carry on their backs a depiction in
flowers of their life histories, land, and culture. This parade is eagerly awaited by
foreign and national tourists who join this lovely tradition by chanting…
Information taken from
“CUANDO PASAN LOS SILLETEROS, ES ANTIOQUIA LA QUE PASA” http://www.colombia.travel/en/blog/cele
brations/medellin-flower-fair-flood-
(WHEN THE SILLETEROS GO BY, IT’S ANTIOQUIA GOING BY.) flowers
 BARRANQUILLA’S FESTIVAL Four days before Ash Wednesday
EL CARNAVAL DE BARRANQUILLA

BARRANQUILLA'S CARNIVAL IS A
CELEBRATION THAT COLOMBIA OFFERS TO
THE WORLD: A MESTIZO FESTIVAL,
ENLIVENED BY RHYTHMS BY THE NAMES
OF CUMBIA, PORRO, MAPALÉ, CHANDÉ,
PUYA, FANDANGO, AND LAST, BUT NOT
LEAST, MERECUMBÉ.
THIS IS A FEAST THAT GATHERS
TRADITIONS BASED ON THE CREATIVITY
OF OUR PEOPLE AS EXPRESSED THROUGH
DANCE, MUSIC, HANDCRAFTS, COSTUMES,
AND PARTY STYLES.
 WHAT IS?
UNESCO HONORED THE CARNIVAL OF
BARRANQUILLA BY DECLARING IT A WORLD
MASTERPIECE OF THE ORAL AND INTANGIBLE
HERITAGE OF HUMANITY.
IT IS THE MOST-AWAITED FESTIVAL OF THE
YEAR BY ALL WHO WISH TO ENJOY FOUR
DAYS OF A CULTURAL AND FOLKLORIC EVENT
CHARACTERIZED BY ETHANDNIC DIVERSITY,
MERRIMENT, DANCE, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT.
 CARNIVAL DAYS
BATALLA DE LAS FLORES
GREAT FANTASY PARADES
Creativity and luxury will be
on this journey, more than
200 groups will display
their choreographies,
costumes and makeup.
FESTIVAL OF THE ORCHESTRAS
JOSELITO’S FUNERAL