PARTIES. Celebrations and rituals of Colombia

The two volumes that comprise this great history of the National Federation of Merchants are This is a book about traditions of Colombia, with texts by Nina S. de Friedemann and images by photographer Jeremy Horner. Reliable testimony of the most representative expressions of Colombian folklore, this book displays, in a dazzling mosaic, the country's numerous regional festive customs. A country where many towns have turned their celebration into a form of their own identity: the Barranquilla Carnival, the corralejas of Sincelejo, the fairs of Cali and Manizales, the Cuadrillas of San Martín, the Black and White Festival in Pasto, the Flower Fair in Medellín and many others. Fairs, carnivals, parties and mojigangas that communicate here the ritual spirit that inspires them. With the depth that characterizes the author's works on the subject, this colorful volume honors the ancestral traditions that are expressed in the rhythm of their own music and dances, in the passage of the consecrated parades, in the emblematic color of the costumes and in the agreed pirouettes of the troupes.