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Colombia
Fiestas and Traditions
Folklore
- they are popular beliefs, proverbs, music customs and traditions of Colombian culture
- Barranquilla Carnival, Cali's Fair, Festival of Flowers in Medellin celebrate folktales and their characters
- mix of Amerindian, black African and Spanish folk customs
- teaches new generations about their culture
- ex. El Hombre Caiman(Alligatorman) has human and alligator features, fisherman transformed by a spirit, hunts humans
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- Christmas, Easter, Corpus Christi celebrated in most rural communities
- every village has a patron Saint's Day
- many celebrations, festivals stemming from Roman Catholic traditions
- celebrate Independance Day July 20 and discovery of America October 12
- Vallenato Legend Festival, Black and White Carnival
Shakira
Music-
Baranquilla, Colombia: One of the most successful Latin-American musicians (in both spanish and english speaking countries
History and Geography-
Juanes
Juanes, (Juan Estebán Aristizábal Vásquez): guitarist, singer songwriter
- Stringed instruments such as guitars, mandolins, harps and violins, arrived first in Latin-American countries
History
Geography
- first inhabitants were called the Chibchas and the Tairona
- first Spanish settlement was established on the Caribbean coast called, Santa Marta
- the population increased from the 16th and 17th centuries and grow bigger as a Spanish country
- located between Venezuela and Panama
- population centered around the Northern and Western departments
- Western half- 3 Andean ranges run North and South
- Eastern half- jungle-covered plain
Jose Asuncion Silva
Born in Colombia in 1865
Introduction-
one of the first modernist poets, often pessimistic
Committed suicide in 1896
- Named after Christopher Columbus
- Capital is Bogotá
- Population is 46 million
- The fourth largest country in South America
most known works include: Nocturno III, Crepusculo, Dia de difuntos
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Born 1928 in Aracataca, Columbia
Dropped out of law school to become a journalist
He wrote for "El Espector" and other newspapers about politics
Denied access to America for political reasons
Lived in Europe, Venezuela and Mexico during his exile
won the Nobel prize for literature in 1982
some books he wrote are: One hundred years of solitude, The autumn of the patriarch, Chronicle of a death foretold, News of a kidnapping and many more.
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