During Holy Week, the municipality of Tibasosa becomes the perfect setting for anyone who wants to immerse themselves in all kinds of cultural activities that pay tribute to the life and passion of Christ and celebrate the Catholic tradition of Boyacá and Colombia.
 

Holy Week is the perfect time to visit Turmequé, a municipality located about 45 kilometers south of Tunja and known as the “world cradle of the yew tree.”
 
Throughout Semana Mayor, the traditional celebrations of the Catholic calendar take place in the town, as well as massive processions every day, starting the previous Friday. 

One of the most emblematic events of these celebrations is the Via Crucis in which Turmeque children perform and recreate live each of the fourteen stations of this traditional Good Friday devotion.
 

At the beginning of the year, the municipality of Labranzagrande, east of Boyacá, celebrates its fairs and festivals (Ferias, Fiestas y Encuentro Cultural Municipio de Labranzagrande), a traditional event that celebrates the town's peasant culture and its livestock tradition.
 
The festivities include livestock and equine fairs in which both local ranchers and farmers from surrounding municipalities in Boyacá and Casanare participate, as well as typical activities such as dairy cow competitions, dairy competitions, horseback riding and corralejas. 

In July the town of Sogamoso celebrates the Sun and Steel Festival (Ferias del Sol), a typical festival with which the local population pays tribute to their traditions, particularly highlighting the llanera heritage in their culture.
 
For three days, the town becomes a hub of various artistic, cultural, gastronomic, and sporting activities. Among these, the crowning of the Queen of Sun and Steel, featuring contestants from different departments, is especially popular.

At the beginning of February, the municipality of Mongua, located about 3,000 meters above sea level and about 55 kilometers from Tunja, celebrates its festivities in honor of its patron saints, San Jerónimo, Nuestra Señora del Milagro and Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria.
 
Each of the days of the festival is marked by at least one religious celebration, including novenas, vespers and solemn eucharists in honor of each of the town's patron saints. 

Every August in Iza, a town near Laguna de Tota and about 80 kilometers from Tunja, the town's traditional fairs and festivals are held, a celebration that pays tribute to the Divine Savior of the Stone, an image of the face of Christ that miraculously appeared in the chaplain Fray Juan Agustín Camacho in 1748 and who has been worshiped in Iza since then.
 

In May, Villa de Leyva is the scene of one of the most important gastronomic festivals in the region: the Meeting of Flavors and Knowledge (Encuentro de Sabores y Saberes), an event that has been held annually since 2015 in this town in Boyacá.
 
The meeting aims to celebrate the traditional gastronomy of the region, highlighting its history and ancestral origins. Thus, for example, recent editions of the festival have focused on the importance of the stone mill as an element that transforms cereals such as wheat and barley.
 

Every year, since 1997, the emblematic colonial town of Villa de Leyva is home to the Astronomy Festival (Festival de Astronomía), one of the most important scientific dissemination events in the country that normally takes place in February.
 

The Eve of the Immaculate Conception, the night of December 7, is a traditional festival throughout Colombia, known as the “day of candles,” in which in neighborhoods, parks and squares, neighbors gather to light candles and lanterns and share typical food of the Christmas season. 

In the emblematic town of Villa de Leyva this tradition reaches another level with the impressive Festival of Lights (Festival de Luces y Velitas).
 

In November, Villa de Leyva is the scene of the International Independent Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente), an event that has been held in this emblematic town of Boyacá since 2007 and has established itself as a perfect incubator for new Colombian directors.