Gerardo Molina Ramírez School

NAMES: SEBASTIÁN CUAICAL DIANA MOYA IVAN NARANJO NATALIA MORALESJEAN PAUL RUIZ KAREN FONSECA FERZON GIL

TEACHER: Miss MARTHA ROCIO LONDOÑO

SUBJET: ENGLISH

GRADE: 802

SHIFT: MORNING

YEAR: 2012

THE FLOWERS FAIR

THE FLOWERS FAIR IS IN AUGUST.

WHEN IS THE FLOWERS FAIR?

The flowers fair is in Medellín, Antioquia.

WHERE IS THE FLOWERS FAIR?

The flowers fair is 10 days long.

HOW LONG IS THE FLOWERS FAIR?

More than 5000 people attend this festival.

HOW MANY PEOPLE GO THERE?

Other expressions with deep roots in traditional music paisa as runway music, trova paisa, the serenade,

string music, bolero, music and music guasca spite, can be seen in popular festivals and retreats, as well as in

many entertainment centers. The now famous "Serenade" from the local TV station heard

Teleantioquia nationally and internationally, played by top-level artists unexpected: bambucos, lobbies, songs, all Colombian Andean music is present.

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC?

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.

WHO IS PERFORMING?

HOW MUCH DOES IS COST?

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.

WHAT´S SPECIAL ABOUT IT?

In 1957, forty peasants from the village of Santa Elena participated in the first silletero (flower carrier) parade in Medellín during the old Flower Festival. Half a century later, over 500 patient

flower growers descend from the magical mountains of that small community near the capital of the department of Antioquia to color the city during the central event of the Flower Fair – a  traditional

Medellín feast - which usually takes place between the last week of July and the first week of August.

The event, which originated many years ago as an agriculture and trade exhibit of the

Santa Elena farmers, gradually became an art that, aside from involving the arduous,

persevering labor of the silletero, reflects the creative abilities and the ways peasants of Antioquia perceive subjects in their small

environment and in current national affairs.

During the first week of August the Fair of Flowers takes place in Medellin. Due to the

mild weather of Medellin and it's surroundings, many flowers, especially

orchids are cultivated so two of the main events of the fair are the Orchid, Bird and

Flower Show, where this photo was taken, and a special march called the "silleteros".

Years ago, the peasants from the neighboiring fields brought the flowers to the city in a type

of "back-pack" called "silletas". The people who carry the flowers are called "silleteros". This photo is part of a silleta announcing the

Orchid, Bird and Flower Show made completely with flowers

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