The “Cultural Re-existence” column will provide insights into how our ancestral practices, habits, customs, and traditions remain alive today because Venezuelans preserve them through the human spirit ...
Venezuela's "joropo" -- a genre blending music, song and fast-paced partner dancing -- was named Tuesday as a UNESCO intangible cultural treasure. It has Indigenous, African and European roots and ...
This post is part two of a series on the Venezuelan plains and its culture. Follow this link to read the first post of the series. Of the musical genres that constitute the folklore of the plains of ...
Cimarrón performed July 2nd at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The crowd-drawing performance culminated the first half of the Festival's 10-day program ...
The typical joropo song begins with a fast homophonic block of melody and rhythm, stringed instruments led by folk-harp and bandola guitar, and percussion — BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join us at the Folklife Festival for some joropo music and dance from Colombia! Ranching people of the Colombian plains, with their love of cattle ...
CARACAS: Venezuela’s “joropo” — a genre blending music, song, and fast-paced partner dancing — was named a Unesco intangible cultural treasure on Tuesday. It has Indigenous, African, and European ...