Medellin Flower Festival 2008

Medellin Flower Festival 2008
Santa Elena Colombia Silletero Finca Tour

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Medellin Flower Festival 2008:

During the Medellin Flower Festival 2008, the city of Medellin will have 10 days of spectacular events. One thing not to miss is the Santa Elena tour! Santa Elena's Colombia Farm houses open up to visitors during the flower festival. This is truely one of Medellin's hidden treaures! Catch a bus from El Centro (downtown Medellin) up to Santa Elena either in the daytime or to party at night time. After a winding around on endless turns you will get a birds eye view of Medellin as you arrive in the mountain top community of Santa Elena. It is chilly up there when the sun is not shinning so bring a jacket! The alititude is around 8,000 feet, 3,000 feet higher than Medellin!

These photos are from the 2006 Feria de las Flores. Thousands walk the streets of this pueblo from farm house to farm house each year. Many of the farms allow people to come in and watch them while they scramble to put together their silletas. Silleteros as they are called, carry these silletas on their backs. Its hard work to build them, and very hard to carry these wooden frames! Companies usually sponser the silleteros as it takes a lot of hard work to put together these beautiful displays. The silletero parade is usually on the last day of the flower festival. The first week of August Medellin hosts 'La Feria de las Flores", (the flower festival). In 2008 the Flower Festival Events will run from 1st - 10th of August.

Santa Elena Colombia Silleteros Party Tours:
Join us for the SILLETERO PARTY TOUR this year. Transportation from Medellin Colombia, guide, & drinks included. Party tour starts in the afternoon and finishes at various times depending on the day of the festival. During the final days of the festival thousands of people go to Santa Elena at night time to enjoy the fresh air and friendly people. Contact us here for details!

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This is what it will look like as Medellin prepares for the Medellin Flower Festival 2008:

Flower Festival 2008 - Medellin Medellin Flower Festival 2008 - Colombians Party and Tour Silleteros Farm Houses Vendors at the Medellin Flower Festival - 2008  Santa Elena
Medellin Flower Festival
2008 - Street Side Vendors
Making the Silleta - Silletero OPEN HOUSE - Flower Festival 2006 (178kb)
Medellin Flower Festival
2008 will have open houses
Flower Festival 2008 - Partiy 3000 Persons - Party from 2006 (197kb)
Medellin Flower Festival
2008 - Street Parties Santa Elena
Silletera Frame - Under Construction - Flower Festival 2006 (211kb)
Medellin Flower Festival
2008 - Watch the Silleteros Prepare for their big parade!
Silletera Frame - Under Construction - Flower Festival 2006 (422kb) Making the Silleta - Pine Outlined Letters Filled with Flowers - Flower Festival 2006 (150kb) Silletera - Under Construction - Flower Festival 2006 (108kb) Medellin Flower Festival 2008 - The preperations will be like this Making the Silleta - Figure in Flowers Waiting for hands - Flower Festival 2006 (314kb) Making the Silleta - Flowers to build Silleta- Flower Festival 2006 (168kb)
Making the Silleta - Silleteros OPEN HOUSE - Flower Festival 2006 (203kb) Making the Silleta - Silletas Thousands of Flowers - Flower Festival 2006 (199kb) A large Silleta is Finished up - Flower Festival 2006 (259kb) Dedicated Worker Applies Finishing Touches - Flower Festival 2006 (278kb) Making the Silleta - Silletas are 9 feet across - Flower Festival 2006 (222kb) Died Grass Reeds - Flower Festival 2006 (179kb)
Colombian Army Backpacks - Flower Festival 2006 (223kb) Mochillas de Ejercito - Flower Festival 2006 (213kb) Assembly of Large Silleta - Flower Festival 2006 (166kb) Haciendo la Silleta Grande - Feria de las Flores (173kb) Silleta with thousands of flowers - Flower Festival 2006 (204kb) Flowers Stored for Assembly - Flower Festival 2006 (147kb)
Silleta Construction for Silleteros Parade - Flower Festival 2006 (197kb) 2 days left to Silleteros Parade - Flower Festival 2006 (203kb) Santa Elena Country Side - Flower Festival 2006 (209kb) Farm House Shows off Flowers - Flower Festival 2006 (191kb) Finca con Muchas Flores - Feria de las Flores 2006 (247kb) Silleteros Photo - Santa Elena Museo (117kb)
Silleteros Santa Elena Museo (147kb) Silletera Display Community Center - Flower Festival 2006 (272kb) Flower Festival 2008 Silletera Display Community Center - Flower Festival 2006 (162kb) Silletera Display Community Center - Flower Festival 2006 (234kb) Silletera Display Community Center - Flower Festival 2006 (180kb)



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