Culture

Culture

The Putumayo is renowned for its culture of atmosphere, family, people love to enjoy and dance, you breathe festive air every time the holidays and carnations are about to begin. Usually it is the Santander General Park that has always received its own and strangers, the crowded streets waiting for the usual parades of comparsas and disguises among which there are no missing characters of national and international political stature, the heroes of the children as pokemon, Ben 10 , among other figures make presence in these acclaimed festivals.

Each year these celebrations are celebrated from the department of Nariño but they live as their own, for some they are days of rest where these holidays are lived; clear of the imposing floats and all the cortege of those people who are always in that spirit of submitting in a showy disguise and live more closely the carnival.

The day of whites and blacks is January 5 and 6, people painted painted their faces enjoy this unique party as well as enjoy themselves if it is inside the parade called so-called families castañedas, where allegory is made to characters from the region or outstanding figures of the national life.

Festivals like the parrandon llanero, the celebrations anniversaries, the fairs, the reigns, the carnavelas indiginas; this and more is possible to enjoy within the Putumayense Culture. So if you are sightseeing in the Putumayo you can enjoy these festivities, and if not, you can start planning your tourist plan right now.