Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies
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Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies is a festival that takes place in the northern Colombia
n city of Riohacha
, Department of La Guajira
. The festival takes place between January 20 to February 9 of each year. The events vary from corralejas, street parties to horse races.
The festivities celebrates a Virgin Mary's legend which dates back to a Monday May 14, 1663. Riohacha was apparently subject to a tsunami like wave and tradition says the virgin helped in calming down the inhabitants.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n city of Riohacha
Riohacha
Riohacha, Rio Hacha or Rio de la Hacha , is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean sea, capital city of the La Guajira Department. Founded by conquistador Nikolaus Federmann in 1535, Riohacha was named...
, Department of La Guajira
Department of La Guajira
La Guajira is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of its namesake peninsula, the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, facing the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela in the northern most part of South America...
. The festival takes place between January 20 to February 9 of each year. The events vary from corralejas, street parties to horse races.
The festivities celebrates a Virgin Mary's legend which dates back to a Monday May 14, 1663. Riohacha was apparently subject to a tsunami like wave and tradition says the virgin helped in calming down the inhabitants.