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Every year, as part of the celebration of the Peasant Family, the municipality of Tenjo located about 28 kilometers from Bogotá pays tribute to its artisans at the "Ruana" and Peasant Music Festival (Festival de la Ruana y La Música Campesina).
During this day, in the town square you can enjoy live performances by "carranguera" music groups, both local and from nearby towns such as Tunja, Chocontá, Cota and Bogotá.
It is also the space to appreciate the work of the local spinners and artisans and their great variety of "ruanas", a typical garment of the rural areas of the Cundiboyacense highlands, made with great dedication and skill in different colors and with a great variety of patterns.
Annually more than 100 groups from towns such as Chía, Cajicá, Facatativá, Mosquera and Tenjo meet in Villeta to show the educational processes carried out in the children's and youth bands of the municipalities.
Because it is celebrated within the framework of the Peasant Family festivities, during the festival you can participate in other typical activities such as the chicha contest and the dairy bicycle, dog, bovine and sheep fairs, and entrepreneurship fairs.
Annually more than 100 groups of Towns such as Chía, Cajicá, Facatativá, Mosquera and Tenjo meet in Villeta to show the educational processes carried out in the children's and youth bands of the municipalities. traditional games like shuffleboard and frog and live music.
The Ruana and Peasant Music Festival is not only an occasion to appreciate and celebrate the work of local artisans, but it is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the typical customs of the Bogotá savannah and the Cundiboyacense highlands, in an environment festive and family.
