Are you one of those who likes to travel the world and learn historical, cultural and interesting things? Then, Colombia is an option for you because it is a magical country, with an exceptional historical, natural and cultural wealth, full of interesting things that attract the attention of many. Colombia has had many struggles [...]
At the beginning of the 1886th century, the first attempts to systematically cultivate cacao in Colombia arose. For these years the consumption of chocolate had not become widespread and panela water was one of the most common drinks. In XNUMX Tulio Ospina published a Manual of cultivation [...]
Guaduas, whose colonial name is "Villa de San Miguel de Guaduas", is a municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, located about three hours from Bogotá. The name "Guaduas" refers to the guadua, also known as cañaza or tacuara, a genus of American bamboo. In pre-Columbian times, [...]
Where the city of Medellín is located today, before the arrival of the Spanish, the lands were inhabited by indigenous Yamesíes, Niquías, Nutables and Aburraes. They had large crops of corn and beans, they raised curies, weaved cotton blankets, and sold salt and some gold and silver work. [...]
Cartagena was the second most important city in South America after the city of Caracas in Venezuela. History tells that on November 11, 1811, a large part of the town assaulted the Customs Square, from where all the protesters came out armed. From there they gathered to [...]
The conquistador Rodrigo de Bastidas arrived in the bay of Cartagena in 1502. At that time, the region was inhabited by different indigenous populations and its name was Kalamar, which in the native language means “crab.” The Spanish called it Cartagena perhaps because of its great resemblance to [...]
It was Friday, market day, when all the people walked through the streets of Santa Fe (the old name of Bogotá) and the people rebelled to achieve autonomy and absolute independence from Spain. The Creoles were tired of the abuses of the Spanish government and on the 20th [...]
The first inhabitants of the city of Bogotá were the Muiscas, belonging to the Chibcha linguistic family. Their main occupation was agriculture, followed by hunting and fishing. Their main crops were corn, potatoes, beans, pumpkins, tomatoes, cassava, tobacco, [...]
Policarpa Salavarrieta, also known as La Pola, is the best known and most popular heroine among Colombians. She represents the other feminine image, almost opposite to the traditional one: the fighting, active and courageous woman. Policarpa was born and raised in Guaduas, in the bosom of a wealthy family, which [...]
If you plan to come learn Spanish in Medellín, you should first learn some of the history, culture and traditions of the Paisas. But first, you are probably wondering what or who the paisas are, right? The word paisa comes from paisano, which means peasant, and here in [...]
The Wayuu indigenous tribe lives in the north of Colombia and part of Venezuela, in a beautiful region called “La Guajira” and they represent 20% of the indigenous population of Colombia. They have their own language called “Wayuunaiki” and only 32% of them speak Spanish. The [...]
The Wounaan indigenous community, a town in the department of Chocó, is located in the north of the municipality along the San Juan River, a "resguardo" from the Taparal River. The community is made up of 900 inhabitants and approximately 150 families. Daily life and livelihood in [...]
