Culture

British photographer Kate Warburton spent time with the Embera-Catio in Colombia’s Choco region to capture a culture at risk of disappearance. Related: Embera fear complete extinction of their culture

Shakira talked Wednesday about her new album which will be released in October. The CD will be “fun with dance, disco and electronic sounds”. Colombia’s superstar appeared at her press…

Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez told the Constitutional Court that bull and cock fights are constitutional and, as an integral part of Colombian culture, they constitute “tolerable cruelty” towards animals. These…

Bogota’s Rock Al Parque, Latin America’s largest free music festival, this year was visited by a record number of visitors, its organizers announced. According to the organization of the festival,…

Alfonso ‘El Brujo’ Cordoba died Monday at 82, Colombia’s Culture Ministry announced. The composer, singer and music collector is considered one of the most important exponents of Afrocolombian music. According…

90,000 people visited the first day of Rock Al Parque Saturday. Sunday and Monday (a public holiday in Colombia) even more people are expected. Director of the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra…

Medellin’s famous ‘silleteros’ will parade through the streets of Manhattan in New York on June 28 as part of the Latin American Folkloric Dance Festival. ‘Silleteros’ are artisans who carry…

An eighteenth century painting by an unknown artist was stolen from a church in central Bogota. The art work, called “The Martyrdom of Saint Simon the Apostle,” was stolen from…

‘Mental’, the new Fox drama series that premiered with high ratings in the U.S. last week was not filmed in Hollywood but in a studio in the Colombian capital city…