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Iberoamerican Theatre Festival: The festival is held on every two years gap in Bogota, the capital of Columbia. It is the biggest theatre festival throughout the globe.
Carnival of Blacks and Whites: The festival is held every year from January 4 to January 6 in Pasto. The festival during the Spanish rule when slaves were permitted to celebrate on January 5 and the masters showed their approval with their faces painted black. On both January 5 and January 6, the masters put grease or talcum powder on their faces.
Manizales Fair: This festival is celebrated in the Manizales during the first week of the New Year. The festival is celebrated in fancy dress.
Riosucio's Carnival: The festival is held on every two years gap in Riosucio Caldas from January 2 to January 8. The reason for this festival being so popular is that it retrieved past traditions with art, music and customes by a group named Cuadrillas. The festival is celebrated with Guarapo( a drink based on fermented maize) is carried to Calabazos. In the midst of festival, a cool and happy devil's portray is exhibited.
Barranquilla's Carnival: The festival is a century old one.
Bambuco y Sanjuanero Festivals: the festival is held every eyar in Neiva which is held on June 28 and 29 pertaning to Saint Paul or Saint Peter.
Cali Fair: The festival is held in Cali from Decemebr 25 to New Year's Eve. The fair is popularly known for its Salsa marathon concerts attended by the reputed Salsa bands
Iberoamericanode Teatro Celebrations
Columbia is one of the popular countries of South America. It is a country of festivals and cultures. Iberoamericano de Teatro Festivals is one such celebrations which adds prestige and value to the rich cultural heritage of the country. This is a popular theatre festival which was held at the Columbian capital Bogotá from March 31 to April 16, 2006. In that theatre festival, one of the reputed dramas 'The World on the Stage' was staged by artists from five continents and 45 countries. The festival was held fro a period for a period of 17 days. 'The World on the Stage' was staged with a view to imbibe the drama society under one common banner. Classic Theatres, Dances, Avant-Garde etc were staged during two weeks of the festival. Corferias and Bull-fighting were the main attractions during the Theatre festivals.
During the festivals the world's most contemporary directors present their best productions during the festivities and had a in-depth exchange of ideas so that the new innovations can be implemented in their future productions. The drama groups like Austrian Burgtheatres " Bible", Hungarian Katona Jozsef's " Ivanov" " Hamlet" " The Tempest" by Lluis Pacual , " The Triumph of Love" by Bulandra Theatre of Rumania, " The Cousin of Pantagruel" by Silvin Puracarate from France, " City of Thebes" by the Chinese Opera etc provided the large audience with fun and insight about how the revolution in drama is going on globally. The world most important companies and the most recognized directors will be attending with tendencies of the scenic arts. Thus, we will find "Babel"; the Hungarian .
Festival Internacional de Cine da Cartagena Celebrations
This is a Latin American Cinema Festival and also of the directors being held every year in the Columbian city of Caribbean. The festival takes place from March 4 to March 11. Italy is invited as the special guest of honor in this festival.
The festival has been dedicated in memory of Marlon Brando who passed away a year ago. The actor was a pioneer in American Films. One of his films, "The Burned One" which shot out in the year 1968, directed by Gillo Pontecoryo will screen during the festival. The films from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, the United States, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Sweden and Venezuela will be screened.
During the festivals, apart from the tributes to Marlon Brando, the festival will also screen " The Treasure of the Snails" by Chilean Director Cristian Jimenez apart from the films of the other countries stated above. Tow directors, one from the US named Ted Perkins, Argentinean Nicholas Tuozzo have confirmed their participation in the festival next year.
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