I went to pasto on the 5th to share a hotel with my friend Dave. We bought the traditional ponchos to protect ourselves from the enslaught of flour, ink and foam in the street! The fiesta is to celebrate the days where slaves and their owners swapped face colour for the day and the slaves had a day off. Now it a celebration of the diversity of Colombia with everyone painting their faces all different colours.

The 5th is dia de los negros which you are supposed to paint your face but if you don’t then it doesn’t matter as someone will smear ink over you the second you walk down the street anyway! The 6th is dia de los blancos where you are supposed to throw talc/flour/foam at each other. In reality both days and for the entire week it is just a massive ink/foam/flour/talc fight
everywhere!! As soon…