Medellin presents colorful Oriental dance display
Medellin’s Oriental Dance Network presents “The Silk Road” (La Ruta de la Seda), an evening of Eastern dance performances, from belly dancing to Bollywood-style moves. The Arabian and Hindu styles…
Medellin’s Oriental Dance Network presents “The Silk Road” (La Ruta de la Seda), an evening of Eastern dance performances, from belly dancing to Bollywood-style moves. The Arabian and Hindu styles…
Bogota will celebrate Afro-Colombian and traditional culture and African heritage with a grand tribute concert on the country’s Independence Day, July 20. Afro-Colombian artists and representatives of the country’s musical…
This year’s New York City Colombian Independence Day festival has been cancelled due to a lack of funds, after key sponsors decided not to sponsor the event. The Colombian…
A man from the western city of Cali has collected thousands of pictures of salsa stars spanning four decades. Carlos Molina has taken more than 20,000 photos of historic and…
Barranquilla released its first ever calendar to promote Carnaval, the Colombian Caribbean coastal city’s biggest annual celebration, newspaper El Heraldo reported Tuesday. The Barranquilla Carnaval Foundation created the calendar with…
More than a million revelers visited the Bambuco Pageant and Folklore Festival in the Southern Colombia city of Neiva. Over the weekend of July 2-4, more than a million people…
Locals in Colombia’s northern coastal department of Bolivar have begun to replace donkeys with motorcycles as a means of transportation. On the Caribbean Coast in the Santa Rosa del Norte…
Colombiamoda — Medellin’s most important fashion show — will return for 2011, showcasing influential local and international designers with over 1,500 anticipated buyers. The Colombian fashion event, also known as…
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival highlights Colombia’s many cultures. While the institution’s researchers’ van got stuck somewhere in the eastern plains, they recorded some of the local joropo singers. Links…