I-Silleteros inqunywe izinkanyezi zeMedellin Flower Festival ngesikhathi seDesfile de Silleteros ejabulisayo, idabula edolobheni laseMedellin okuyinto ephawulekayo yeFeria de las Flores.
I-Silleteros namuhla abadayisi bezimbali, abalimi abathwala izinto zabo ezimibalabala kusukela phansi ezindaweni ezincane eziqongweni zezintaba ezinkulu ezizungeze iMedellin ukudayisa ngezikwele kanye nezimakethe. "Silla" lisho "isihlalo" eSpanishi, futhi amadoda kule ndawo yomhlaba babekanye ngezihlalo zokhuni, izihlalo noma izikhwama, emhlane wazo ukuthwala imithwalo yempahla efana nezingane, ukukhiqiza, nezikhulu noma izihlonishwa; ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-silletero yaba yisikhathi esibonisa ukuthi umuntu uthwele isitsha esenziwe ngokhuni emhlane wakhe.
Ngo-1957, isixuku saseMedellin u-Don Arturo Arango Uribe wabuza uSilleteros ukuba ahlanganyele embukisweni; U-40 waboniswa, futhi namuhla ngaphezu kuka-500 silleteros ukuhamba kulokho okwamanje iMedellin Flower Festival, umcimbi ohlanganisa imincintiswano yemigwaqo yokwahlulela, amakhonsathi, imibukiso yezimoto ze-antique, nokudansa okuningi, umculo nomnandi.
Uma ngabe useduze noMedellin - noma kuphi! - ekupheleni kukaJulayi kanye neviki lokuqala lika-Agasti, ufike lapho ukubona ama-silleteros ethwala imithwalo yabo ethandekayo emigwaqeni yaseMedellin eDesfile de Silleteros.
Injabulo ejabulisayo: i-United States ingenisa amaphesenti angama-70 ezinhlobonhlobo zayo ezivela eColombia. Akunzima ukubona ukuthi kungani.