MEDELLIN FLOWER FESTIVAL

THE MEDELLIN FLOWER FESTIVAL  IN AUGUST

MEDELLIN'S COLORFUL FLOWER FESTIVAL IS A VIBRANT, EIGHT-DAY CELEBRATION; IN THIS EDITION IT IS ENDING WITH THE IMAGINATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE PARADING HORSES OF THE CABALGATE. AT ITS CLIMAX WITH THE SILLETERO PARADE IN AUGUST 11TH, THIS FLOWER PARADE REPRESENTS THE END OF SLAVERY WHEN INSTEAD OF FLOWERS, SLAVES CARRIED MEN AND WOMEN ON THEIR BACKS UP STEEP HILLS. THE FLOWER DISPLAYS, CALLED SILLETAS, HAVE EVOLVED FROM SMALL WOODEN BOXES, TO EXTRAVAGANT SIX-FOOT DISKS WHICH TAKE STRONG BACKS TO CARRY. IT IS A TRUE FESTIVAL OF LIFE, AND THE CROWD CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES TWO TOP PAISA TRADEMARKS: CORDIALITY AND FRIENDLINESS.
AS ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING, THE PARADE OF ANTIQUE CARS, IS A CONVOY OF HUNDREDS OF FAITHFULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE CARS, HOWEVER, THE CHIVA, MULTICOLORED HOLIDAY BUSSES ARE USED BY COLOMBIANS FOR CELEBRATION.
THE MUSIC, FOLKLORE, AND CUSTOMS OF THE REGION WILL BECOME APPARENT ONCE AGAIN IN THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS INTENDED FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FAIRS IN THE COUNTRY.

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