Boyacá International Cultural Festival

Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá
Location(s) Tunja, Colombia
Years active 1973-present
Attendance 300.000 (2014)
Website
Official Website (Spanish)

The Boyacá International Cultural Festival[1] (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá or just FIC) is one of the major international cultural events held annually in Colombia. The festival presents works in various arts such as music, theater, dance, literature, Academy, Visual Arts, Cinema - Audiovisual, Cultural Heritage cultural exchanges and meetings at various stages in the city of Tunja since 1973. Artists from different corners of the world intertwine their knowledge and their cultures into one universal feeling, through the medium of art, the best mechanism to achieve peace and brotherhood of people. The FIC gathers thousands of artists and has more than 300,000 visits to about 500 events per version. The festival is considered to be one of the most representative of music, dance, the arts, theater, cultural heritage, literature, cinema and expressions of human sensibility.[2]

The 44th version of the Boyacá International Cultural Festival will take place from 27 October – 5 November 2016.

History

The Festival was created in 1973 under the name of "International Culture Week". In 1981, name as the Boyacá International Cultural Festival, it became one of the most important cultural events in Latin America. The FIC gathers thousands of artists and has more than 300,000 visits to about 500 events per version. The Festival was conceived to meet different cultural and artistic events of international order. In the 1990's the event was held during two weeks with concerts of symphony and chamber orchestras, choirs, soloists and equally folk and classical ballet, traditional groups and street theater and puppet shows, conferences and cinema, art exhibitions, folk art, book fair and conferences. Over four decades, the biggest cultural event of the department has developed and grown into a design which educates and shares diverse and exciting cultures from around the world.[3]

The great receptivity of the city has been essential in the success of the event, and no doubt the cultural level that old tradition has identified the local population, year after year, increased their attendance and participation at all levels.

Year Version Special guest country Guest department
1973-2008 1st-26th - -
2009 37th  Japan[4] -
2010 38th  China Guajira
2011 39th  Spain Valle del Cauca
2012 40th  Costa Rica Antioquia
2013 41st  Spain Meta
2014 42nd  Germany and  Mexico Nariño
2015 43rd  Russia and  Brazil and  India Bolívar and Arauca
2016 44th  Cuba -

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.spanishincolombia.gov.co/pagina/vida-urbana_tunja_-vida-cultural
  2. ↑ http://colombiareports.com/colombia-celebrates-40th-international-culture-festival-video/
  3. ↑ http://colombiareports.com/colombia-celebrates-40th-international-culture-festival-video/
  4. ↑ http://www.excelsio.net/2009/08/festival-internacional-de-la-cultura.html
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