Pasto, in the South of Columbia, is the town where a popular Carnival takes place beetwen the last days of December and the Epiphany. Its origin dates back to several decades. The celebration starts with a parade of floats whose allegory is a clear reference to events and people of the year. The parades of children (el carnivalito) and colonies (dedicated to local traditions) follow. Pasto Carnival is made of pure creativity. Its a collective party where different kinds of parades come one after another such as the Calderon family's one (inspired by a weird event happened in the twenties) or the coreographic parade. The main events of the Carnival are sided by a collective and peaceful battle with spray soaps (the carioca), talcum powder, flour and black cosmetics. One of the Carnival days is dedicated to black people (in memory of the ancient colony) and all the participants paint their face black; another day is for white people, so all the participants throw each other flour and talcum powder. Carnival public turns itself into a masquer too and participates to the "Desfile Magno", a very long parade of floats and walks-on that ends the party