Popayan

Popayan as the first city of gastronomy in its variety and meaning to the intangible heritage of Colombians. The caucan kitchen was selected to maintain their traditional methods of preparation through the oral tradition.

Popayan is widely known by the solemnity of Holy Week processions during which commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ. In the processions, which since the sixteenth century are performed continuously at night between Monday and Holy Saturday, marching through the streets ancient religious images arranged on wooden platforms called "steps" to represent the events that happened during the passion, crucifixion and death of Jesus