I-Silleteros Iingqungquthela kwiMthendeleko yoThutho lwaseMedellin

I-Silleteros zigqitywe ngeenkwenkwezi zeMedellin Flower Festival ngexesha leDesfile ye-Sfileteros endiyolisayo, i-parade edlulileyo yedolophu yaseMedellin ebalulekileyo kwiFeria de las Flores.

I-Silleteros namhlanje ngaba bathengisi beentyatyambo, abalimi abaphethe izinto zabo ezinombala phantsi kweendawo ezincinane kwiintaba eziphakamileyo eziseMedellin ukuze bathengise kwizikwere nakwiimarike. "Silla" lithetha "isihlalo" ngesiSpanish, kwaye abantu beli candelo lehlabathi babebephethe izihlalo zokhuni, okanye izihlalo okanye izikhonkwane, emqolo wabo ukuba bathwale imithwalo yempahla efana nezingane, ukuvelisa, kunye nabahloniphekileyo; ixesha elide, i-silletero yaba yinto ebonisa umntu ethwele isikhephe esenziwe ngeplanga emqolo wakhe.

Ngomnyaka we-1957, u-Medellin umxhasi wesizwe u-Don Arturo Arango Uribe wacela i-silleteros ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-parade; 40 yabonisa, kwaye namhlanje ngaphezu kwe-500 i-silleteros ukuhamba kwindawo ekhoyo ngoku iMedellin Flower Festival, isiganeko esibandakanya iintambo zokugweba iintyatyambo, amakhonsathi, imiboniso yemoto ye-antic, kunye nokudansa okuningi, umculo kunye nokuzonwabisa.

Ukuba ulapha kufuphi neMedellin - naphi na! - ngexesha lokuphela kukaJulayi kunye neveki yokuqala ka-Agasti, ufike apho ukuze ubone i-silleteros ithwale imithwalo yabo ethandekayo kwizitrato zikaMedellin kwi-Desfile yakwa-Silleteros.

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