ENJOY IN FLOWER FAIR OF....

When scrolling the silleteros is going Antioquia!

SILLETEROS PARADE:
Enjoy this traditional parade, where you can watch the Antiochian tradition in all its glory, is a spectacular display of flowers, colors and aromas.

SANTA ELENA AND "SILLETAS".
Enjoy watching the production of "silletas" through a tour of the main villages of Santa Elena, where you can appreciate the silleteros culture.

BIRDS, ORCHIDS AND FLOWERS
Orchids, Birds and Flowers, in conjunction with the Parade of Silleteros are unforgettable memories for thousands of tourists who visit during the Feria de las Flores, whom the incomparable hospitality of Antioquia encouraged to attend again and again in the future.

NO SHOWS TICKETS
Enjoy the parade of Classic and Antique Cars, Horse Fair Parade of Flowers, Caravan Chivas and Flores Parade Silleteritos in the forest and cultural programming free All of the fair.

....AND WHAT FOREIGNERS THINK ?

Festival of the Flowers

The first Festival of the Flowers took place on May 1, 1956 and was organized by Arturo Uribe, a member of the Board of the Office of Development and Tourism. The festival lasted for 5 days with an exposition of flowers displayed in the Metropolitan Cathedral, which was organized by the Gardening Club of Medellín and monsignor Tulio Botero to celebrate Virgin Mary day. This flower parade represents the end of slavery when instead of flowers slaves carried men and women on their backs up steep hills. The first Silleteros Parade also took place with some 40 men from the corregimiento of Santa Elena carrying on their backs flower arrangements to the exposition site.
The festival initially took place during the month of May but was changed to August in 1958 to celebrate the Independence of Antioquia. Since then other events have been added like the International Pageant of the Flowers, the cavalcade,Guiness Records in 1996 and 1999, classic automobiles parade, Orchids exposition, among others.

The Medellín Flower Fair: A Flood of Flowers

In August, when Medellín – known as the “city of eternal spring” – blooms in all its splendor and balconies, terraces, gardens, and billboards get flooded with flowers, it is the beginning of the famous fair.

This feast of flowers takes place in early August 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, the chiva carnival (a chiva is the typical open-sided bus built on a truck chassis), and the national championship of noise on wheels.

The flower fair is one of the cultural episodes in Colombia with a high degree of reaffirmation of identity and an event that brings together antioqueños and thousands of visitors in search of flowers, enjoyment, music, and fun.


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