The road to Navidad is always so pretty here.
There are three "phases" in MedellÃn:
Sept 1 - the end of Feria de las flores in August brings the first Xmas decorations into stores.
Then sometime in late October or early November the lights start going up. :)
Next up, fireworks on Nov 30, leading up to Dec 1. Then all of December is filled with events - DÃa de las velitas, novena, the local April Fools on Dec 28 - until DÃa de los reyes in January.
Still 100% atheist, but what a culture! 💛
Here's the other side: in the same paper, there are updates on Petro's attempts at "total peace" - a complex and hardwon thing, when negotiating with many groups at once.
ELN has announced that it's not going to stop kidnapping civilians because that's an income stream 🙃, while Clan del Golfo is diversifying its portfolio: exploiting immigrants trying to reach the US, in the absence of robust drug returns.
Colombia celebrates hard because Colombia also holds in tension how hard life always is.
