this is how the "popular festival" will be this August 7, know all the details – Up Jobs News

The inauguration of the first left-wing president in Colombia’s recent history has to be, at the request of Gustavo Petro himself, a “popular festival.” For this reason, the plans that he had in place for it to be a formal ceremony, similar to that of the other presidents, changed abruptly in recent weeks.

In the first place, the protagonists will not be the almost 40,000 people who can reach the Plaza de Bolívar, in the center of Bogotá, but the thousands and thousands who hope to concentrate in the surroundings and in other regions. Second, Petro likes symbolism. For this reason, she requested that the original sword of Simón Bolívar, which at the time was stolen by the M-19, a guerrilla group to which the new president belonged, be present in an urn during the inauguration so that Colombians can observe it closely.

Today, the sword remains guarded in the Casa de Nariño. The new president was warned about the risks of taking her out to the plaza, including security reasons, but he insisted on doing so. The historical piece will be exposed in the urn and closely watched by the Police.

This August 7, Petro will wear a cloth suit and Verónica Alcocer, the first lady, a dress by Diego Guarnizo, a Colombian designer and producer. As usual, the presidential family will walk from the Palacio de San Carlos, the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, at 3 in the afternoon. A group of drummers will make them a street of honor to the Plaza de Bolívar, where members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Colombia will be waiting for them. Dancers will liven up the route where Vice President Francia Márquez and her family will also pass.

Petro’s logistics team banned umbrellas, a very common object in possessions. Senator Roy Barreras said “that Petro has insisted that if the town gets wet, so will he.” The president of Congress hopes that it will not rain, as it did four years ago during the act of transmission of command from Juan Manuel Santos to Iván Duque.

When Petro arrives on the stage –adorned with flowers, Bolívar’s sword and other ancestral elements–, the Symphonic Band and the Bogotá Philharmonic will sing the National Anthem. Later, the president Iván Duque will speak; the president of the Senate, Roy Barreras, and then will come Petro’s speech.

Said words could extend for an hour. By protocol, the new president has been asked to write what he will say that day. But Petro, renowned for his oratory, prefers to rely on his spontaneity. In any case, it is likely that you take notes to help.

On the stage, the chords of the March 19 Band of Laguneta will be heard, a winning group of the National Porro Festival and that interprets the melodies with which Petro grew up in Ciénaga de Oro (Córdoba). That was a promise of the then candidate in the presidential campaign.

At the close of the event, the new guest of the Casa de Nariño will offer a cocktail to his international guests, including King Felipe of Spain, who will return to Madrid at midnight on Sunday. Among others, the presidents of Chile, Gabriel Boric; from Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, and from the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader.

Also part of the international delegation are former presidents Evo Morales, from Bolivia; Pepe Mujica, from Uruguay, and Dilma Rousseff, from Brazil. SEMANA learned that the Plaza de Bolívar will arrive, possibly, the sociologist Boaventura de Soussa, the renowned US Senator Bernie Sanders and Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata, from Brazil.

The Colombian delegation will be chaired by former presidents Ernesto Samper, César Gaviria and Juan Manuel Santos. Álvaro Uribe excused himself from Petro, while Andrés Pastrana will not attend either given his differences with the new president.

The center of Bogotá will be partying on Sunday. From 10 in the morning the streets will be decorated with the Silleteros Festival, the Barranquilla Carnival, the Black and White Festival, the National Bambuco Reign, among others.

Artists such as Adriana Lucía will perform on seven platforms; Andrea Echeverry, from Aterciopelados; David Kawooq, from Doctor Krapula; The Pipers of San Jacinto; Manyoma Brother, and Las Mayoras del Cauca, among others.

The possession will be broadcast live in 32 capital citieswhere cultural activities are being scheduled around the arrival of Petro to power.