Festivities in Colombia

​1. Caribbean

​2. Pacific

​3. Orinoquia

​4. Amazonian

​5. Andean

​6. Insular

La Feria de las Flores - Andean Region

• In Medellin, Antioquia.

• In the month of August.

• The central event is the Silleteros Parade.

• Everyone can display their silletas made with a wide variety of showy flowers.

• ​In Villavicencio, Meta.

• In the months of June and July.

• It is a tribute to the llanera culture where adults and children dance joropo.

• ​In Barranquilla, Atlantico.

• From February to March.

• People dance, wear costumes as animals and characters like the Marimonda, the Monocuco and listen to music in the streets of the city.

• ​In Mocoa, Putumayo.

• In January.

• It has traditions of what the Nariñenses do in the Black and White carnival with the customs of the inhabitants of Mocoa.

• They dance, sing, wear costumes, and do parades.

• ​In Tumaco, Nariño.

• In the month of November.

• It is the meeting place of the Afro-descendant cultures of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Pacific.

• They do activities such as dances, music of native folklore, theater and bonfires.

​In San Andres Islands.

• In the month of October.

• This event has the cultural traditions of the African peoples who came to the island in colonial times.

• There are dances, parades, gastronomic fairs, concerts and sports tournaments.