Festivals and annual Fairs

The people in Cordoba are very happy and they like enjoying and having fun, that’s why they have many festivals and fairs like: 

• NATIONAL CUMBIAMBA FESTIVAL IN CERETE
  It is done between last days of March and beginnings of April. The objective of this festival is rescue the musical tradition and stimulates the literary production about folklore; organize cumbiambas’ competitions and regional dances.
• NATIONAL DONKEY FESTIVAL IN SAN ANTERO
  It is done in Holy week. The program includes parade of disguised donkeys, dances competitions and comparsas (dances on the street); and people who try to imitate the donkeys sound.
• FESTIVAL OF BULLERENGUE IN PUERTO ESCONDIDO
  It´s celebrated in Jun. The bullerengue is an own rhythm black people from Palenque
• FESTIVAL AND SEA REIGN IN MOÑITOS
  It is celebrated in jun.
The program includes a departamental folklore parade, municipal reign, folcklorés groups performance, gastronomic sample of dishes with sea food, drinks and refreshment of tropical fruits.
• MAPALE´S REGIONAL FESTIVAL AND FOLCKORE´S
  Music festival in Buenavista, in Juni. The program includes the parade on the streets and mapale´s groups of dance performance, music bands and competitions of mapalé dande.
• SOMBRERO ZENÚ. FESTIVAL IN SAN ANDRÉS DE SOTAVENTO
  It is from 25 to 27 of Dec. It´s an homage to people who do brain to make “sombrero vueltiao” in that municipality lives the people who did it. The program includes artisanal jobs exhibition, competitions of regional songs, cumbiambas and native dances.
• GASTRONOMIC AND ARTISAN´S FESTIVAL
  In Monteria from March 19th to April 4th. It´s a way to recuperate the popular traditions of Monteria. They present their handicrafts and their typical sweets, like potato sweet mangoes´ sweet, milks sweet; they are all to delight.