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- Chicha tasting: Stalls pour the fermented corn drink in several styles, from mild to sharply sour, and vendors explain how each is made. Start here, because this is the whole reason the festival exists.
- Opening ritual at Laguna de Guatavita: Recent editions have begun with an Indigenous-led ceremony at this sacred lake, honoring the Muisca roots of chicha and corn.
- Corn food stalls: Expect arepas, mazamorra, tamales and other maize dishes made by local cooks. Cheap, filling and far more varied than street snacks downtown.
- Barrio La Perseverancia streets: Walk the old worker housing blocks and murals to see a Bogotá neighborhood that tourists rarely visit, with the city’s hills rising behind.
- Music and dance on the street stages: Folk groups and drummers play in open spaces, and the crowd joins
- Chicha tasting: Stalls pour the fermented corn drink in several styles, from mild to sharply sour, and vendors explain how each is made. Start here, because this is the whole reason the festival exists.
- Opening ritual at Laguna de Guatavita: Recent editions have begun with an Indigenous-led ceremony at this sacred lake, honoring the Muisca roots of chicha and corn.
- Corn food stalls: Expect arepas, mazamorra, tamales and other maize dishes made by local cooks. Cheap, filling and far more varied than street snacks downtown.
- Barrio La Perseverancia streets: Walk the old worker housing blocks and murals to see a Bogotá neighborhood that tourists rarely visit, with the city’s hills rising behind.
- Music and dance on the street stages: Folk groups and drummers play in open spaces, and the crowd joins in. It is informal, loud and local, with little polish.
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