HOLIDAYS

Holidays

During the year the city hosts many cultural events and economic order. For career achievement can be stated among others:
January: Catama Fair.
April 6: Official Celebration of the founding of the city.
June-July: International Festival Joropo.
1 July: Day of the Department.
16th July: Party of the Virgen of Carmen.
October: World Championship Cole.
November: Expocámara.

- Villavicencio is the cradle of Colombian Song Festival, held every year and is dedicated to the typical rhythms of the plain. Also at the Fair Villavicencio Agroindustrial Catama in the month of January; The Official Celebration of Founding of the City, on 6 April; Joropo The International Festival in June-July, the day the Department, July 1 , La Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen, on July 16, World Championship Cole (indigenous sport that involves taking a cow by the tail from a horse and make him fall to the ground), in October and The Expocámara in November. Livestock and Equine Agribusiness Exhibition Grade "A" Catama It falls in the month of January to select the best specimens of horses and cattle in the country. Villavicencio Anniversary On April 6 is celebrated the birthday of the city with different cultural and folkloric events. World Meeting of Cole in October coleadores meet national and international to play this event held in the sleeve of Rodeo Benedict Cely, located in the park the huts. "The joropo is the traditional dance of the Eastern Plains of Colombia, which outlined the pride, gallantry and everyday life of peasants in the region."

JOROPO AND QUEENS OF VILLAVICENCIO

In the 41st edition of the International Tournament and the 16th Joropo the International Reign Joropo queens first arrived from other countries other than Colombia and Venezuela. The event will take place from 23 to 29 June in Villavicencio, a town distant 98 km east of Bogota. Their basic instruments are the harp, the cuatro and maracas or mats, while in the dance between men and women tap predominates, apparently inherited from the Andalusian flamenco. International Tournament Joropo is precisely the ideal opportunity to pay tribute to the life and activities of the plains. Representatives of Peru, Aruba, Ecuador and Puerto Rico, among other nations, will be the guests of this holiday Villavicencio.