End of Year in Colombia
August 23, 2010
In Colombia, end of year festivities have not gone unnoticed. From the famous Feria de Cali, with concerts, dances, parades, tables, and the bullfight, to the famous Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto and the many festivals in the cities of Manizales and Bolivar, Cauca, everything is ready to begin the new year the best way. The end of the year in Colombia is fun.
For several decades, Colombians celebrate the New Year as anyone. Dozens of parties across the country offer the traveler carnivals and fairs full of rhythm and fun. The best parties are happening at this time, making Colombia one of the best places to visit in December and January.
La Feria de Cali
Cali, the renowned capital of salsa offers its traditional fair, which began around December 25 with the Super Concert, which brings together numerous bands and artists from fashion, to the delight of those who can attend the stadium Pascual Guerrero to enjoy over 10 hours of rumba, salsa, merengue, reggaeton, vallenato and more.
In addition to the Super Concert can attend the renowned parade, which brings together characters from the celebrity riders and enthusiasts every year to decorate the event with beautiful specimen’s horses.
The platform is popular are another good choice for fun, because in every neighborhood Cali can be found during this time several outdoor spaces designed where there are street parties with local bands and artists.
We also perform all activities in parallel with the popular rule, which selects the Cali prettiest neighborhoods in the city. The reign is just a small sample of the many beautiful women that can be observed in any tour of the capital of Valle del Cauca.
In general, over New Year Cali is the capital of joy and harmony, we live a single environment of solidarity, in its spectacular hot weather these days will be much higher for the championship achieved by Deportivo Cali the Colombian professional soccer tournament.
Some tips: the weather is hot, so you must have fresh clothes. It must also be prepared to live a few days of intense rumba, salsa and fun. You can not leave town without tasting the traditional cholao “(a kind of traditional ice cream) and peach palm, with the sleeve up the traditional couple biche fruit Cali.
The Carnival of whites and blacks, Pasto
Pasto, capital of Nariño in southern Colombia has one of the biggest parties in the beginning of the year: The traditional Carnival of Blacks and whites. Recognized as a World Heritage Site is the largest popular demonstration in the country, it is the only one in which there are no boundaries or differences of social class, age, gender or other status.
The ‘Pasto’ and the thousands of visitors each year come to this city enjoy the spectacular floats that are all a family tradition. Year after year produce fantastic allegorical buildings competing for the title of the most original, most creative, the better. The parades that take place during these festivities are a clear demonstration of order and dedication. Throughout the year, they are prepared cultural dances, costumes, music among others, converging in the parades that captivate both friends and strangers across the city.
But what draws attention and attracts tourists that particular battle is being waged in the streets, a battle that nobody gets spared. Everyone, without exception: law, children, women, tourists are thrown at each other harmless paints of all colors, all white powders leave to others, and a kind of spray foam. Any forms a set of delights for all and sundry with fun. That yes, then ran to wash.
And so pass the days of the carnival, including powders, tablados popular dance with local music, good sites for the rumba and the renowned concert in the Plaza del Carnaval. Besides the carnival, the department of Nariño is a very scenic region, so the trip can be used to meet other nearby towns and enjoy the cuisine pastusa. You can not miss trying the famous guinea pig, a species of rodent that grows under excellent sanitary conditions, to be sold at the best barbecues in the city of Pasto. In general, there are many gastronomic delights.
Very near Pasto, to complete the ride is the Laguna de la Cocha, a spectacular nature reserve where you can enjoy a pleasant climate and a stunning rapprochement with nature. The weather can be very cold, so it is advisable to wear appropriate clothing.
Holidays, parties and more parties
Cali and Pasto are just one example of what lives in Colombia end of the year: carnivals, fairs and parties throughout the country. Manizales offers its fairs, which are the oldest in Colombia.
In any Colombian people, on the occasion of the famous kings bridge parties and carnivals are held. In Bolivar Cauca e.g. carnivals are made of white and black, although the proportions with those of Pasto, is a renowned tourist destination in the department of Cauca. The invitation is served for any traveler friend visit Colombia these days, enjoy the holidays and spend New Year’s Eve also cheerful, funny and hard to equal.
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