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HMP ELT | August 2020 edition                                                                                                  HMP


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                                                                                                                                              Medellin's Feria de Las Flores






                                                                                                                                              Medllin's Flower Festival







                                                                                                                                              WHAT IS MEDELLIN'S FLOWER FESTIVAL?                                                                2020 festival began on



                                                                                                                                              Medellin's  annual  Feria  de  Las  Flores-or

       credit: colombia.co
                                                                                                                                              "Flower  Festival"-is  one  of  Colombia's  most

                                                                                                                                              important  regional  festivals.  This  'Flower

                                                                                                                                              Party'  represents  the  end  of  slavery  of  which

                                                                                                                                              slaves once used to carry men and women on

                                                                                                                                              their backs (silleteros) now replacing them by                                                       The Medellin's Flower festival


                                                                                                                                              carrying flowers as the symbol.                                                                      began  on  Friday,  31  July  and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ended on Sunday, August 9.


                                                                                                                                              La Feria de las Flores 2020 (Festival of Flowers) has                                                              Medllin's       flower
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 festival  held  on
                                                                                                                                              been rescheduled to November 2 to 8 in 2020 due                                                                    Medellin, Colombia.

                                                                                                                                              to coronavirus and is not cancelled. (Jeff,2020)




                                                                                                                                                  HISTORY



                                                                                         credit: colombia.co                                      The festival started in 1957 and has been held annually to this day
                                                                                                                                                  as  parts  of  Medellin's  identity.  This  festival  initially  took  place

                                                                                                                                                  during May but was changed to August in 1958 to celebrate the


                                                                                                                                                  independence  of  Antioquia.  Up  until  now,  this  festival  is  being

                                                                                                                                                  held during early August.
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