Rock al parque

The festival that Gonzalo select was rock al parque he say that it was created by an integrant of a band the name of the creater was Mario Duarte. When the festival stars it was only of rock but now all types of music is available. The festival it lasts only 3 day, the festival is located in the park Simon Bolivar in Bogota.

Music party on Francia

                                      Music Party on Francia

This celebration is on June 21 it is on all the streets, parks, etc of Francia. This celebration was created on June 21 of 1982 by Maurice Fleuvert. Maurice created this celebration because he thinks that the music was very important for Francia. He was the director of the Music and the Dance in Francia. In this day they are two celebrations the music one and the other is the: “solsticio de verano” the second celebrate is in honor of San Juan. In the music party we can find all the types of music jazz, rap, rock, etc.

 

Carnival of whites and blacks and Popayan's processions

Carnival of whites and blacks and Popayan's processions

Carnival of whites and blacks:

The Carnival of blacks and whites is like the mix of blacks and whites people. The carnival is on 3, 4, 5 and 6 of January.  They present coaches, extras, lees and individual disguises, autochthonous and roguish prints. The 5th of January is the day of the black people and the 6^th is the day of the white people. In the day of the black people they paint to the other person whit “betun’’ and the day of the white people they paint whit something called “carioca” and this four days always has water. But the year before the policemen says that if the people throw water they will be fined, that was for save the water.

Processions:

The processions of Holy Week of Popayan, celebrated from the epoch of the colony, are one of the most former traditional commemorations of Colombia.

 From Tuesday until Saturday previous to the Easter of Resurrection, five processions dedicated to the Virgin Mary take place from eight o'clock in the night, Jesus Christ, the Santa Cruz, the Holy Burial and the Resurrection, which approximately two kilometers cross for the downtown. There is a procession called the “small procession” that is in charge of the kids under the 10 years old. The “small procession” is earlier. There name of the persons that are in the procession are:

-The “Cargueros”

-The “Sahumadoras”

- The “Moqueros”

-The “Sindicos” or “Regidores”

-The choir

-The policemen

-The military band

-One school band