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.
Which is your favorite flower's festival event? Why?
ResponderEliminarWhat kind of flowers are most important or most significant at the fair?
ResponderEliminar(Angie Katherine Arredondo)
My favorite flowers are pompons for all the kind of pompons they are and all the colors that flower has, like: white, red, violet, yellow, pink, etc. Besides it’s a flower that stands out between the others
ResponderEliminarAlejandra Valencia P.
Feria de flores is a festival that takes place in Medellín, Colombia. The festival is the most important social event for the city and there is a pageant, automobiles, a Paso Fino horse parade and many musical concerts.
ResponderEliminarLinda Carolyne Rodriguez Marin.
is very sad to see the power of such a large animal, subjugated to the will of a human,the sadness in the faces of these animals is unforgivable.
ResponderEliminar(Stefanya Ruiz)
good to know that the show of flowers is a fair international level, as many tourists coming to our city and see that is a very friendly and speak well of her in their home countries (jorge arias)
ResponderEliminarI love the flowers but lately the festival became a business, all costs, now we can´t to see and to talk with the silleteros as before. What do you think? (juan daniel rios)
ResponderEliminarMy favorite flower's festival event is the silleteros procession becouse the flowers are beatiful and are cultivated by humble hands. (juan daniel rios)
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