{"id":1892,"date":"2011-12-06T18:16:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2016-05-13T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T16:29:21","slug":"video-the-fantastic-colorful-gay-pride-march-in-bogota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/12\/video-the-fantastic-colorful-gay-pride-march-in-bogota\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The Fantastic, Colorful Gay Pride March in Bogota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we were awoken with the news that <a title=\"Only 24 hours in Bogot\u00e1? Here\u2019s what to do\" href=\"http:\/\/off2colombia.com\">Off2Colombia<\/a> were announcing that &#8216;Colombia could become the next gay capital of the world&#8217;. A big claim but, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2011\/12\/prweb9015660.htm\">this article here <\/a>we at the <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\">Colombia Travel Blog<\/a> are sure they feel justified.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, considering Colombia&#8217;s distinctly Conservative roots, Bogota is a very open and tolerant city. Children are encouraged to learn about all sexualities and, as the article points out, the incumbent mayor was in attendance at the colorful, vibrant and flamboyant &#8216;Orgullo Gay&#8217; (Gay Pride) this year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the cities Gay Pride, that&#8217;s what today&#8217;s video is all about. Off2Colombia visited this years event and captured footage. Looks like an absolute blast to us &#8211; we&#8217;ll have to go next year!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mtw4Ne21wFk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bogota&#8217;s gay pride is only one of the many events worth <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\" target=\"_blank\">travel to Colombia<\/a> for throughout the year. Below I&#8217;ve collected some links for you to check out about more festivals, ferias and fiestas that you should be sure to check out.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Q &amp; A Friday: When Is the Best Time To Go To Colombia?\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/07\/q-a-friday-when-is-best-to-visit-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\">When to come to Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Awesome Barranquilla Carnival\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/10\/from-the-archives-the-awesome-barranquilla-carnival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barranquilla Carnival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Feria de las Flores, Medell\u00edn\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/06\/feria-de-las-flores-medellin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feria de Las Flores<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"FROM THE ARCHIVES: The beautiful Noche de Las Velitas in Bogot\u00e1\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/11\/from-the-archives-the-beautiful-noche-de-las-velitas-in-bogota\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noche de Las Velitas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Events in Bogot\u00e1: Rock Al Parque\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/06\/events-in-bogota-rock-al-parque\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Al Parque<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1538\" title=\"See Colombia Share it\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/See-Colombia-Share-it.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we were awoken with the news that Off2Colombia were announcing that &#8216;Colombia could become the next gay capital of the world&#8217;. 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The truth is, considering Colombia&#8217;s distinctly Conservative roots, Bogota is a very open and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[71,35,3,115,128,66,92,392,77,379],"tags":[2976,2940],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.4 (Yoast SEO v18.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: The Fantastic, Colorful Gay Pride March in Bogota - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/12\/video-the-fantastic-colorful-gay-pride-march-in-bogota\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: The Fantastic, Colorful Gay Pride March in Bogota\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we were awoken with the news that Off2Colombia were announcing that &#8216;Colombia could become the next gay capital of the world&#8217;. 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