We leave you 25 riddles of the Andean region of Colombia to learn a little more about the traditions, folklore and culture of this region.
The Colombian Andean region is the most populated in this country, with more than 30 million inhabitants and includes the Central, Eastern and Western Cordilleras.
You may also be interested in the customs of the Andean region.
1- What is the first thing the donkey does when the sun rises?
Answer: the Shadow.
2- What can a bag be filled with so that it weighs less?
Answer: of holes.
3- I am building my nets, so that the unwary flies fall into them
Answer: the spider.
4- Guess who I am, when I go I seem to come; and when I come, I am leaving
Answer: the Crab.
5- Zumba that you will buzz, they come and go without rest, from flower to flower bustling and our life sweetening.
Answer: the bee.
6- In the sky I jump and fly, I love to climb, float and show off my hair. Guess what it is?
Answer: the kite.
7- White on the inside, green on the outside, if you want me to tell you, wait.
Answer: the pear.
8- Your mother cooks it first, because they are hard; and your father eats them, without haste
Answer: peas.
9- Open small grain, that of gold and silver I want to be the owner. Open up what? Help me, I forgot.
Answer: sesame.
10- I travel silently, my mouth is closed; but keep voices, my silent soul
Answer: The letter.
11- With a thousand paticas walking, drumming with their feet; people see it and run and it is not a monster.
Answer: rain.
12- Captive bird, bird that they give you to keep; have it if you can with you, he loves to fly.
Answer: the secret.
13- What is the monkey that follows you and lashes out?
Answer: the shadow
14- How many laps does a dog take?
Answer: to the last.
15- What is the fish that wears a tie?
Answer: the neck.
16- What is the animal that is at the same time 2 animals?
Answer: the cat, because it is a cat and a spider.
17- What is the animal that eats with its leg?
Answer: the duck.
18- What is the bird that has no feathers?
Answer: the Ave Maria.
19- How do you say kiss me in Arabic?
Answer: wet my face.
20- How do you have to catch a rabbit to kill it?
R esponse: vivo.
21- How do you say castaway in Chinese?
Answer: chin chu lan cha.
22- My mother has a cloak, which cannot be folded; my dad has money, which cannot be counted.
Answer: the sky and the stars.
23- I was going down a path, I met a man; first I said something to him and then I said don.
Answer: cotton
24- It is high, and it is not a tower; it's mass, and you can't hear it
Answer: mugwort.
25- Gold is not, silver is not; He who does not guess, is very silly
Answer: the banana.
References
- Colombia. Folklore and traditions. Colombia.com. (s / f). Retrieved on December 2, 2017. Taken from colombia.com