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The Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá) held annually in Tunja, is one of the biggest culture and arts festivals in Latin America. The Ibero-American Theater Festival held in Bogotá every two years, is the biggest theater festival in the world.
For the Carnival in Campeche, women wear outfits called trajes de mestiza and carry trays with a pig's head decorated with ribbons and dance to a style of music called Jarana. [6] Another event is the “guerra de pinturas” in which all ages paint the face and body in various bright colors.
Huejutla de Reyes is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The name comes from the Nahuatl huexotl ("willow") and tlan ("place"), [ 1 ] while "de Reyes" commemorates local cobbler Antonio Reyes Cabrera who died defending Huejutla from French invaders in 1866.
Huehuetla is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 262.1 km². In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,927. [1] In 2017 there were 13,012 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language, [2] primarily Sierra Otomi and Tepehua. [3]
Huehuetla may refer to: the municipality of Huehuetla, Hidalgo, or its municipal seat of the same name; the municipality of Huehuetla, Puebla, ...
Barranquilla's Carnival (Carnaval de Barranquilla), with a century-long recorded history it holds the second largest carnival parades in the world after Rio de Janeiro's. The Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed by UNESCO, in November 2003, as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral Intangible Heritage of Humanity, during Olga Lucia Rodriquez ...
1539 – The Spanish crown by decree ordered to have the celebrations with the name Carnestolendas of Santafé de Bogotá; 1561 – The cacique of Ubaque brings to the carnival the celebrations of the Muisca culture. 1916 - As student carnival the first carnival of the century takes place, Elvira I is elected the first Carnival's queen.
The Barranquilla Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals in the world. The carnival has traditions that date back to the 19th century. Four days before Lent, Barranquilla decks itself out to receive national and foreign tourists to join together ...