MIDSUMMER

• NEIL MARTINEZ HERRERA

• NELCY LEON ARGUMEDO
• MARIA KAMILA SIMANCA
WHEN IS
CELEBRATED?
 THE MIDSUMMER IS
CELEBRATED ON JUNE 21
AND IS A DAY THAT TEACHES
US TO APPRECIATE ALL THE
GIFTS THAT NATURE GIVES
US CLOSE TO THE DATE OF
TRADITIONAL HOLIDAYS.
IN WHICH
COUNTRIE
THE MIDSUMMER IS CELEBRATED ON THE
S IT IS EUROPEAN CONTINENT IN COUNTRIES LIKE
RUSSIA AND SWEDEN
HELD?
WHAT ARE PEOPLE
DOING THAT DAY?
 THAT DAY PEOPLE RAISE A POLE
DECORATED WITH FLOWERS, LEAVES AND,
SOMETIMES, WITH RIBBONS OF THE
COLORS REFERRING TO EACH FLAG. IT IS
COMMON FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
TO COME TO HELP FILL THE STICK WITH
FLOWERS AND SEE THE RISE OF THE
STICK.
WEATHER IN MIDSUMMER

THE WEATHER THESE DAYS IS

TRADITIONALLY INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WEATHER FOR THE
UPCOMING HARVEST SEASON.
FROM SUCH MORE OR LESS
RELIABLE PREDICTIONS MANY
MORE OR LESS RELIABLE
PEASANT RULES WERE
DEVELOPED
CUMBIAMBA
FESTIVAL
 THIS FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE BETWEEN
THE END OF MARCH AND THE
BEGINNING OF APRIL OF EACH YEAR
AND IS BASED IN CERETÉ, CÓRDOBA.
ITS MISSION IS TO RESCUE THE
MUSICAL TRADITION OF SINÚ MEDIO,
STIMULATE LITERARY PRODUCTION ON
FOLK THEMES, ORGANIZE CONTESTS OF
CUMBIAMBAS, REGIONAL DANCES,
WHISTLES AND DRUMS.
HOW IS THE WEATHER
IN THIS CELEBRATION?

 THE WEATHER IN THIS

CELEBRATION IS USUALLY
SUNNY AND THIS MAKES
THAT DESPITE THE HEAT
WAVES PEOPLE ENJOY
THEIR COMPANY
 WHAT ARE PEOPLE
DOING IN THIS
CELEBRATION?
 IN THE CUMBIAMBA FESTIVAL, PEOPLE
DEFILE THROUGH THE MAIN STREETS
OF THE TOWN CELEBRATING THAT
TRADITION WHERE THEY DRINK, DANCE
AND JOIN CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE,
ADULTS AMONG OTHERS, MAKING OF
THIS A CELEBRATION OF A
CELEBRATION THAT CELEBRATES IT
THANKS