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During the festive long weekend of the festival of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Anorí, a municipality with great water wealth in the northeast of Antioquia, the Antioqueñidad Festivals “Anorí se Viste de Antioquia” are celebrated, with which the Anoriseños pay tribute to the culture of your department.
The festivities include a varied cultural, musical and sports programme.
There is a parade of myths and legends, a trova and humor festival, soccer and futsal championships, and peasant markets and local businesses where you can enjoy typical products of the region such as panela and other derivatives of sugar cane, coffee, and cocoa. , and its traditional dishes such as tripe or beans.
Throughout the weekend in the main square of Anorí you can enjoy live concerts by local artists and special guests.
The festivities end, as is tradition in Antioquia, with the popular desenguayabe sancocho on festive Monday, in which attendees can prepare and share their sancocho on improvised stoves in the square.
The Antioqueñidad Festivals (Fiestas de la Antioqueñidad "Anorí Se Viste De Antioquia) are a sample of the regional pride of the Anoriseños and a tribute to the traditions inherited from their parents and grandparents, keeping alive the typical culture of northeastern Antioquia.
