SAN PEDRO

Díaz Hernández Miguel Angel

Hernández Zorro Josué
Báez Yesid Mauricio
Pirez Aleska Saray
DEFINITION
It is the commemoration of the martyrdom in Rome of the
apostles Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus, celebrated on June
29. It is one of the greatest religious celebrations for
Catholic and Orthodox Christians.
The origins of the festival of San Pedro, today called the
National Folk Festival and Reign of Bambuco, in Huila, date
back to the time of the conquest
HISTORY

San Pedro, identified by the Catholic Church as the first

Pope. It gives rise to a multitude of parties throughout
Spain. The date of his death is commemorated on June 29
of the year 67, simultaneously with Paul, another of Jesus'
first apostles.
The arrival of San Juan and San Pedro is part of the most
important celebrations of the department of Huila. It is
believed that its origins date back to the time of the
conquest and were created with the intention of venerating
the King of that time.
TRADITIONS
«These parties used to have a parish taste. In all the
houses, the ritual was formed by the “Sampedrine
mañanitas”, based on mistela and bleached biscuit, which
used to be offered to occasional passersby. At noon the
traditional walk was made to the bank of a river or a ravine,
with sufficient provisions to make a succulent roast. In the
afternoon generally, in the square of San Pedro, bullfights
were held in confinements with fences of guadua and rustic
boxes ».
Current history
It was only since 1960 that the festivities of San Pedro took
a new direction and called them the National Folk Festival
and Reign of Bambuco. Without losing, of course, its date
dedicated to its traditional San Pedro and San Juan.
At present, the festivities of San Juan and San Pedro have a
series of festive costumes around the festival, this is how
June 29 San Pedro
Still considered an important legacy of the peasant culture
of the department of Huila and an intangible cultural
heritage of the nation.