The Cradle of Accordions Festival ( es, Festival Cuna de Acordeones) is a festival in the
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
n northern town of
Villanueva,
Department of La Guajira
La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departme ...
in the month of September. The Cradle of Accordions Festival is celebrated on the same day as
Saint Thomas and many
vallenato musicians from the
Department of Cesar and La Guajira gather to participate in an accordionist contest. The religious event is celebrated with a mass, a procession and fireworks. In 2006 the
Senate of Colombia by Law 1052 of this same year declared the Cradle of Accordions Festival as a Cultural and Artistic Patrimony of Colombia. The president of the event is
Binomio de Oro de America accordionist and owner
Israel Romero.
El Tiempo: Recuerdos del Festival "Cuna de Acordeones".
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See also
* List of music festivals in Colombia
* List of folk festivals
* List of festivals in La Guajira
*Vallenato Legend Festival
The Vallenato Legend Festival ( es, Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata) is one of the most important musical festivals in Colombia. The festival features a vallenato music contests for best performer of accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca, ...
References
External links
Cradle of Accordions Festival official website
Festivals in La Guajira Department
Music festivals in Colombia
Folk festivals in Colombia
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