Expo Dubai 2022an event that will be held until March 31 and that brings together more than 200 exhibitors from countries, companies and international organizations, will feature the silletera culture of Medellin.
This was reported by the municipal mayor’s office, which indicated that “this will become the most important participation of the silleteros of Santa Elena in world-class events.”
Between February 7 and 11, Luis Mauricio Atehortuawinner in the Artistic category of the 64th edition of the Silleteros Parade and Federico Alzate Zapatarepresentative of the Silleteros Corporation, will fulfill an agenda that aims to promote the cultural heritage of Colombia through the beauty of flowers.
“For me, it is a great pride and joy to go to other countries to transmit our beautiful silletero culture, as the third generation of silleteros. I carry a chair with the motto ‘Made In Medellin’, it has two hands with their flags, that of Colombia and that of the United Arab Emirates. I want to thank my family for transmitting this great silletera culture to me,” said Luis Mauricio Atehortúa.
According to the mayor’s office, the agenda includes meetings at the Dubai Future Foundation, a planning entity that consolidates alliances with innovation ecosystems; tours at Expo Center Sharjah, one of the most important exhibition centers in Dubai; in addition to tours to the pavilions of Colombia, Germany, among other activities, in order to generate new alliances and publicize the tourist offer of the country and the capital of Antioquia.
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“We feel completely proud to belong to the delegation that will represent the city in Dubai; we are going to represent it with two beautiful chairs. It is a step that for our tradition is a very high step and it is very important because it is to show our culture, our tradition, our customs to the whole world”, said Federico Álzate Zapata, representative and director of the Silleteros Corporation (COSSE).
The municipal administration highlighted that the silletas also had their moment to shine due to their appearance in the most recent film by Disney ‘Charm’since in this project four silleteros from Santa Elena were part of the launch events in cities such as Milan, Barcelona and Bogotá.
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