This feast of flowers takes place in early August in medellin city and lasts ten days. It offers visitors and residents over 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 and the national championship of noise on wheels.
The most representative event of the fair is the silleteros parade (Desfile de Silleteros)
the Silleteros are 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.
A silleta can weigh up to seventy kilos and measure up
to five meters in height and diameter.
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