Flower Festival of Medellin
Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year.
A man waters a flower structure during a Flower Fair in Medellin August 1, 2014. Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year. REUTERS/Fredy Builes?
A man carrying a ladder passes by a flower structure during a Flower Fair in Medellin August 1, 2014. Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year. REUTERS/Fredy Builes?
A man waters a flower structure during a Flower Fair in Medellin August 1, 2014. Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year. REUTERS/Fredy Builes
Children participate in the 'silleteritos' parade as part of the flowers festival in Medellin, Colombia, 02 August 2014. EPA/LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA
A woman takes a picture of a flower structure during a Flower Fair in Medellin August 1, 2014. Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year. REUTERS/Fredy Builes?
People work in a structure of flowers, during the Flower Festival in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on July 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA
Traditional "silleteritos" children participate in a parade of the Flower Festival on August 2, 2014 in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA
People work in a giant armadillo structure of flowers, durign the Flower Festival in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on July 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA
A man works on flowers for figures known as 'Giants of Flowers' during the preparations for the Flowers Fair in Medellin, Colombia, 31 July 2014. The event will run from 01 to 10 August. EPA/Luis Eduardo Noriega
Two girls attend the event 'Truce of Flowers' in the town of Santa Elena, close to Medellin, Colombia, 01 August 2014. During the event the Colombian Asociation of Exporters of Flowers (Asocolflores) delivered flowers for the silletas (artistic chairs made of flowers that represent portraits, landscapes and traditional creations by their creators) that will be exhibed during the main parade of the Fair of Flowers. The fair runs from 01 to 10 August 2014. EPA/LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA