carnaval de negro y blancos

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carnival of blacks and whites

Origin

It was at the dawn of a Three Kings Day (January 6) in 1912, founded on the need to express imagination, play, friendship and to share the joy that at that time reanimates life. 
Establishment
students from different institutions and universities choose Romelia Martínez as their queen and go out in the street dressed in costumes and dancing to the rhythm of regional music, in what constitutes the first parade, no longer on the Day of the Kings, but the January 6th or White Day.

Maturity

In the decade of the 50s, the floats acquired movement and greater dimension, standing out in the elaboration of the same the teacher Alfonso Zambrano6 who gives rise to a whole era of splendor.

Renewal

the Carnival is renewed with the presence of new trends in the handling of materials, new musical rhythms and a growing cultural current that advocated for the rediscovery of the Quillacingas roots and their active link in the Magno Parade or the Day of the WhitesAgregar texto del cuerpo
It begins on December 28 with the day of water, on this day people of all ages go out to the street to "get wet". This day is all valid: cars of people with water cans, water filled pumps, hoses and even hydrants help make it a special day where the only purpose is to get wet.

The carnaval

It is a children's activity in which thousands of children from the region participate, between 6 and 14 years old, showing their creativity and the cultural heritage of the region.

The parade of the Castañeda family.

To commemorate the arrival of this family, there is a parade made up of many comparsas in which groups of people dressed up or dressed in costumes of the time that pretend to trace the spectators at the beginning of the last century participate.

The celebration recalls the year in which the black communities asked the King of Spain for a day of rest and freedom, which was granted on January 5, . 
The Day of the Blacks
1607 to hold his party On this day people are willing to receive "pinticas "of black cosmetic to the point that all clothing, faces, arms and parts of the body discovered are painted.
The Day of the Whites

carnaval de negro y blancos

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