Pasto Carnival : Colombia  

Colombia Pasto Carnival - Travel guide

Colombia

Pasto Carnival of Blacks and Whites

Between the 2nd and 6th of January the most important festival in the south of the country takes place in the city of Pasto. A procession of carnival floats decorated with gigantic figures advances along the streets, and to represent the racial diversity of the region, everyone paints each other black on the 5th and white on the 6th