Pachamama Day is a national holiday and thousand-year-old ritual honouring the Andean Mother Earth. Held in August, this celebration blends indigenous traditions with Catholic beliefs. Visitors are welcomed into gratitude ceremonies with local music, dance, and a communal feast, providing a glimpse ...
Traditions of All Saints' Day The origin of All Saints' Day may date back to a Greek Christian tradition from the 4th century when a festival was held to honour saints and martyrs on the Sunday following Pentecost. The first recorded All Saints’ Day occurred on May 13th 609 AD when Pope...
Saturday, September 17, 2022February 14 is Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Feast. The day of love owes its origins to ancient Roman and European Christian traditions. September Equinox Friday, September 23, 2022September Equinox in Colombia (Bogota) ...
Colombia has changed its name seven times. Regional cultural traditions are diverse, with a broad range of distinct groups that have unique customs, accents, social patterns, and cultural adaptations. These groups are classified into three cultures: those in the interior, the countryside, and the ...
Good Friday Traditions Many Church services are held in the afternoon, usually between noon to 3pm, to remember the hours when Jesus was crucified on the cross. Some churches observe the day by re-enacting the process of the cross in the rituals of stations of the cross, which depicts the...
Colombia Public Holidays in 2021Colombia has a total of 40 holidays in 2021. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get ...
Martínez Mutis (1884–1954), the author of the anti-imperialist narrative poem The Epic of the Condor (1914), developed the traditions of “social” poetry. Social criticism became increasingly important in prose. J. E. Rivera (1889–1928) in his novel The Vortex (1924) showed the ...
While many Bogotanos leave the Colombian capital city during the Easter holidays, certain traditions have been preserved for those that choose to remain. Catholic devotees in Bogota take part in ceremonial pilgrimages to visit seven religious monuments or churches in the city throughout Holy Week to...
a visual spectacle that delights locals and strangers, where children and adults gather with their families, around gastronomic and cultural traditions that make this date a day not to be missed in Colombia, especially since the following day is a holiday, one of annualpublic holidays in Colombia...
Related holidays Epiphany When is Epiphany in Latin America? Epiphany is one of three major Christian celebrations along with Christmas and Easter. It is always celebrated on 6 January and commemorates the presentation of the infant Jesus to the Magi, or three wise men. In some countries, it ...