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 ...

Colombia is such a fascinating country! The magical Andes mountains lie near the majestic beaches of the Caribbean coast and the extremely fertile interior plains. The people are diverse, too, a ...

El joropo llanero será declarado patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la nación por el Congreso de la República, un acto que busca preservar su historia, honrar a quienes lo han promovido e invitar a las ...

Miss Arauca was crowned “International Joropo Queen” Tuesday at an event in eastern Colombia celebrating the local Llanera culture, reported newspaper El Pais. Yulitsa Tatiana Siniva was praised for ...

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 ...

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 ...