Arequipe Day in Colombia
Arequipe Day in Colombia is held on October 11. This event in the second decade of the month October is annual. 
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Colombia: the country of a thousand and one arequipe desserts.
If you are Colombian, or have enjoyed the most welcoming country in the world at some point in your life, you know that arequipe is spread over a thousand and one different recipes. Wait, stop for a moment. Break the aluminum packaging and caress it with your spoon. Now, imagine what happened when this joy was spread several centuries ago.
Great ideas are disputed by everyone. The history of "dulce de leche", or "arequipe", as we call it here in Colombia, is not without controversy: some say it comes from Indonesia, others from Argentina. In Brazil they defend that it was their invention, while in France they claim that it belongs to them.
The debate is heated and each country that tastes it has its own story about the origin of the sweet. In Argentina, they believe that the recipe comes from a fortunate mistake: on February 29, 1829, Commander Juan Lavalle signed the "Cañuelas Pact" with Juan Manuel Rosas, head of the federalist army. But what does this event have to do with dulce de leche? The short version is the following: Lavalle arrived at Rosas' house. Exhausted by the trip, he asked for a bed to sleep for a while.
This was seen by one of the employees of the house, who, believing that Rosas was sleeping in his bed, brought a mate for the military man to rest. Her surprise was so great that, while juggling not to throw the cup on the floor, she forgot the milk with sugar that she had left heating on the kitchen stove.
The rest is history, a sweet story.
The French version of the story is more or less similar to the Argentine one: an absent-minded cook brought to life the most beloved dessert in half the world. However, everything indicates that dulce de leche comes from Indonesia. The first records date back to the 16th century, and it is not implausible to think that the most beloved dessert of Colombians and its recipe was exported by the Spaniards who occupied the Philippines during the 14th century. The recipe traveled from Indonesia to the Philippines some time ago.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
World Baldness Day on October 7
National Day for the Dignity of the Victims of the Genocide against Unión Patriótica in Colombia on October 11
America's Day or Pan American Day and Columbus Day on October 12 (Día Panamericano y día de Colón);
Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day on October 14 (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October);
Memorial Day for the loss of a child during pregnancy or a newborn on October 15 (noted in Ohio, USA, Canada, France, Britain and Italy);
World Breast Cancer Day on October 19
International Pediatrics Day on October 20 (The Day of Pediatrics or Día Internacional de Pediatría was instituted in 1973, during the World Congress of Pediatrics held in Argentina, in commemoration of the founding of Argentine Pediatric Society)