Every February, residents of Quinamayó, a town in southwest Colombia, celebrate Christmas.
The tradition began more than 150 years ago, when Quinamayó's ancestors, enslaved Africans, were prohibited from celebrating Christmas in December. Instead, they had to work through the holiday, serving at the slaveholders' festivities.
In an act of resistance and resilience, the enslaved Afro-Colombians started their own traditions and made Christmas their own. They picked mid-February because it was 45 days after the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus.