Colombian Massif Bird Festival

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In San Agustín, a municipality in the department of Huila best known for its impressive archaeological park, the Colombian Massif Bird Festival (Festival de Aves del Macizo Colombiano) is held annually in November, an event designed to celebrate the biodiversity of this region of southwestern Colombia and raise awareness about the importance of its conservation.
 
The festival has different academic and outdoor activities. Leading biologists, ornithologists and conservation experts give lectures with free admission for all fans of bird watching, ecotourism or ecology. 

Black and White Carnivals

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On January 5 and 6, the Carnival of Blacks and Whites (Carnavales de Negros y Blancos) is celebrated in Isnos, a municipality in the south of the department of Huila, a traditional festival of Nariño and several towns in the southwest of the country.
 
 The Isnos carnival has the emblematic elements of this celebration: the main event of the carnival in Isnos begins with the Day of the Blacks, when people paint their faces black with charcoal or paint, in a symbolic act of equality and fraternity .

"Jagua" Witch Festival

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About 7 kilometers south of the municipal seat of Garzón is the town center of La Jagua, founded in 1540, which makes it the oldest town center in Colombia. 

There every year, at the beginning of November, the Witch Festival (Festival de Brujas de la Jagua) takes place, a festival that refers to the town's reputation for being home to sorceresses, fortune tellers and witches like the one who was burned alive in the town square more ago. a century according to local legend.
 

Laboyano Folkloric Festival

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The "Laboyano Folkloric Festival" (Festival Folclórico Laboyano) , named after the popular term used to refer to the inhabitants of Pitalito due to its location in the Laboyos Valley, is the main festivity of this municipality, the second most populated in the department of Huila.

The festival is celebrated within the framework of the San Juan Bautista and Saints Peter and Paul festivities, in the last weeks of June.

During the festival, the city is filled with color with parades, traditional dance performances, music competitions, and craft exhibitions.

Saint Augustine Carnivals

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Each year at the end of June, the municipality of San Agustín, famous for its archaeological park with remnants of indigenous cultures dating back over 5,000 years, celebrates its traditional Sampedrino Festival (Carnavales de San Agustín), a celebration of the department of Huila.

The festival includes activities typical of the patronal festivities in the department, such as horseback parades, cultural showcases of the "sanjuanero huilense", dance troupes paying homage to local culture and the region’s pre-Columbian traditions, and live performances by guest artists.

Folk Festival and National Reign of "Bambuco"

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Each year in June, around the festivities of Saint John the Baptist and Saints Peter and Paul, traditional celebrations in the department of Huila, the Folkloric Festival and National Bambuco Beauty Pageant (Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco) is held in Neiva. It is one of the most important festivals in southern Colombia and one of the most renowned musical and cultural events in the country.

Patron Saint Festivities In Honor Of San Juan Bautista

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At the end of June in Gigante, a municipality in central Huila on the eastern bank of the Magdalena River, the traditional San Juan Festivities (Fiestas Patronales en Honor a San Juan Bautista) are celebrated, a typical holiday in the department.

The San Juan Folkloric Festival extends over the weekend closest to June 24, the date on which the Catholic Church commemorates the feast of Saint John the Baptist, and includes various cultural and recreational activities such as artisan, gastronomic, and entrepreneurship fairs, live music, folkloric parades, and horseback rides.

Festival of the Colonies

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In October, San José del Guaviare celebrates the diversity of its population with the Colonies Festival (Festival de las Colonias), an event that already has three decades of tradition and that brings together settlers from different areas of the country who came to Guaviare in search of new opportunities, and who They are now part of the region's multicultural identity.
 

Summer Festival

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In February, San José del Guaviare dresses up with the Caimán Rumbero Summer Festival, one of the most anticipated events in the municipality's festive calendar.
 
The festival has a varied program with the city's central park and the waters of the Guaviare River as the main stages. 

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