#colombian history

[valkyries-things]

KAROL G // SINGER

“She is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Considered one of the most influential reggaeton and urban pop artists, she has received several awards including a Grammy Award, five Latin Grammy Awards and four Billboard Music Awards. She was recognized with the Woman of the Year and Rulebreaker Award at the Billboard Women in Music, with the Spirit of Hope Award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, and her works have broken five Guinness World Records.”

[lightdancer1]

As with Gaspar Yangas in Mexico, so in Colombia with Benkos Bioho:

He was the founding father of Palenque de San Basilio. While the community got away with flouting the decrees of the King of Spain, the man who led them and was even treated as a king was not. His execution, like that of Gaspar Yanga, cast a long cloud over the reality of what became Colombia, and is still a flash point between Colombians to this day.

And yet, in the end, the community he built was more than one man and endures to this day. There are those with far greater panoplies of state-building than he who cannot boast nearly of so much, and whose causes were much less wholesome than securing freedom for an oppressed people.

[viajeroseneltiempo]

(EN) Recommended historical books📜 Invasion to the country of the Chibchas (1966) Author: Juan Friede A visionary book about the conquest of the center of what we know today as Colombia, created from an in-depth investigation of primary sources from the General Archive of the Indies.

(ES) Libros historicos recomendados📜 Invasión al país de los Chibchas (1966) Autor: Juan Friede Una visión novedosa de la conquista del centro de lo que hoy conocemos como Colombia, creada a partir de una profunda investigación de fuentes primarias del Archivo General de Indias. 

[bookloversofbath]

Romantic Revolutionary: Simon Bolivar and the Struggle for Independence in Latin America :: Robert Harvey

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Male Effigy Cache Figure.

Culture: Muisca

Date: A.D. 1100–1550

Place of Origin: Departments of Cundinamarca & Boyacá, Colombia

Medium: Gold and copper alloy

[yearningforunity]

The Battle of Colors - Barranquilla, Colombia – February 2006

The Carnival of Barranquilla is a unique festivity which takes place every year during February or March on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Cumbia, both music and dance, is considered to be the main essence of the Carnival. A colourful mixture of the ancient African tribal dances and the Spanish music influence – cumbia, porro, mapale, puya, congo among others – hit for five days nearly all central streets of Barranquilla, the capital of the Atlántico Department. Those traditions kept for centuries by Black African slaves have had the great impact on Colombian culture and Colombian society. In November 2003 the Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed as the Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

[baebeylik]

Cat Statue. Fernando Botero. Colombian.

Purchased by the city of Barcelona in 1987.

[matthewlopz]

Antonia Santos

Despues de vivir en Santander por un par de meses, quize hacer algo relacionado con la historia de esta region

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[yourdailyqueer]

Hena Rodríguez (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 20 May 1915 

RIP: 17 April 1997

Ethnicity: Colombian

Occupation: Sculptor, artist, teacher

Note: Was one of the first Colombian women to become a sculptor

[mannyblacque]

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[petalpetal]

Artist I Like Series 

Fernando Botero 1932 - 2023 a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He was considered the most recognized and quoted artist from Latin America in his lifetime. He recently died at age 91 this September.

[saintedseb]

Popular Print "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (1980) - Álvaro Barrios (Colombian, 1945-)

The text at the bottom translates (via machine translation) to: "Describe here a martyrdom of your invention. You can draw inspiration from the real martyrdoms currently suffered by all people persecuted for their ideas. They are also San Sebastián. The descriptions or reports will be posted in the Washington Park in Barranquilla starting on March 15, in the La Tertulia Museum in Cali starting on May 6, in the Garcés Velásquez gallery in Bogotá starting on August 8 and in the Pereira Current Art Center starting October 22"

[lightdancer1]

Palenque de San Basilio had its Pacific mirrors in Colombia and Ecuador:

Communities of Maroons that took advantage of the ghastly impact of the plagues to withdraw deeper into the interior than the white man could comfortably follow them, building cities, acquiring weapons and a xenophobia sufficient to keep the Spanish Empire at bay. The effort succeeded, and as with the Atlantic city so here did Black people establish enclaves for themselves in the 1680s and 1690s.

To repeat, a full century before the final consolidation of the United States and almost two centuries before the United States was forced by United States Colored Troops rallying to the tune of being one in four of the fighting soldiers of the US Army of that time, there were communities in South America that fought for freedom and won it by the musket.

[viajeroseneltiempo]

(EN) Recommended historical film🎬 Bituma 1780 (1995) Director: Luis Alberto Restrepo Based on a real case found by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the General Archive of the Indies, this film tells the story of a corrupt family that ruled the town of Bituima at the end of the 18th century.

(ES) Película histórica recomendada🎬 Bituima 1780 (1995) Director: Luis Alberto Restrepo Basada en un caso real encontrado por Gabriel Garcia Marquez en el Archivo General de Indias, esta película narra la historia de una corrupta familia que gobernó o la villa de Bituima a finales del siglo XVIII. 

[mahgnib]

Fernando Botero, “Dancing in Colombia”, 1980

[sovietunion]

Twitter arguments are the worst because people will say the most stupid shit just proudly and when you call them out they start losing their minds... switching to arguing with me in spanish because you don't think I'm bilingual?