41. UNESCO Proclaims Colombian Carnival An Intangible Heritage This was announced on Friday by the colombian culture Minister Maria Araujo. The minister said that through this recognition One http://www.china.com.cn/english/culture/79544.htm

- SEARCH - WEATHER CHINA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ... Hotel Service Hot Links -Media- Xinhua News Agency People's Daily China Daily China Radio International Beijing Review China Today China Pictorial People's China El Popola Cinio Chinese Literature Other web sites China Development Gateway Chinese Embassies UNESCO Proclaims Colombian Carnival An Intangible Heritage Colombia's Carnival of Barranquilla, was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday to be a tradition of Oraland Intangible Heritage of humanity. This was announced on Friday by the Colombian Culture Minister Maria Araujo. The minister said that through this recognition: "One of the most important cultural traditions of the Colombian people is now visible to the world." Maria Araujo said the mixture of colors, rhythm, dancing, costumes and people in each carnival kept the cultural tradition of Colombia alive, a reason why such UNESCO recognition was worth being proud of. This decision was taken by a jury of 18 experts which selected 28 masterpieces including the Barranquilla Carnival out of 56 candidacies, each of which was evaluated by different specialized institutions.

42. Pre-Columbian (Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico) world. The later colombian cultures of Zenu after 500 AD and Muisca from 900 AD worked wonders with lostwax casting and wire. The http://info.goldavenue.com/Info_site/in_arts/in_civ/in_civ_precolumbian.html

Pre-Columbian (Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico) What unites Pre-Columbian ornaments is the distinctive verve and style with which they were made by the ancient goldsmiths of the Americas. They fashioned birds (delightful owls with hooded eyes), fish, frogs, turtles, alligators, shells, lizards, armadillos, monkeys, deer, jaguars, mosquitoes, and flowers. Their human figures were of musicians or women with children in their arms or a man with a drum in one hand and what might be the tail of a snake clenched between his teeth. Head-dresses had golden feathers to which real birds' plumage was attached. Gold masks of great expressiveness were sculpted. The goldsmiths' understanding of a sophisticated metal-working embraced the technologies of alloys filigree granulation lost-wax casting and gold plating, all developed independently in almost parallel timescale with the Mediterranean world and Asia. Indeed, what Pre-Columbian gold demonstrates is how goldsmiths on different continents, with no knowledge of each other, evolved the same techniques for working gold. The tragedy is that much of the gold went into the melting pot once the Spanish conquered the region after 1500, for they had little concern for ornaments of what they saw as pagan people. But enough treasures have survived, and are still excavated from ancient graves even today, to give us a glimpse of the way it was.

43. Bio/english/2002/html Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Zapata Olivella, José Luis Garcés González, Fernando Cruz Kronfly), on contemporary colombian culture, on the http://www.complit.uiuc.edu/courses/clit141/PRbio2002.htm

Michael Palencia-Roth, born in Girardot, Colombia, obtained his B.A. in 1968 (in English and Philosophy) with honors and as Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt University and his M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1976) from Harvard University (Comparative Literature, with a specialization in Germanics). His international experience includes studying, teaching, and working at the the University of Madrid, the University of Cologne, the University of Vienna, the Thomas Mann-Archives in Zürich, La Capilla Alfonsina in Mexico City, the Biblioteca National in Rio de Janeiro. In the U.S.A. he has taught at Harvard (while in graduate school), the University of Michigan at Dearborn, and the University of Illinois, where he has worked since 1977. He was Director of the Program in Comparative Literature for six years (1988-94) and is currently Professor of Comparative Literature, Spanish, and Latin American Studies. His publications include Perspectives on Faust (edited book, London, 1983), Gabriel García Márquez: La línea, el círculo y las metamorfosis del mito

44. Colombianos Association of Student Activities. Its purpose is to promote the colombian culture at MIT and in the Boston area. During the last academic http://web.mit.edu/activity/c/colombianos/www/welcome.html

Contact us: colombianos @ mit . edu WELCOME During the last academic year we were involved in diverse social, academic, cultural, and sports events. Our events included the MIT-International Fair, the Colombian Colloquiums, the Colombian Party and the Four Nations Soccer Tournament. Some of these activities were carried out in cooperation with other Colombian related associations in Boston and other student associations at MIT and Harvard University. We also maintain an active mailing list and hold meetings frequently. Currently, our association has 42 members enrolled in different undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as alumni and faculty. Our members come from different Colombian regions as well as from other countries. All incoming students interested in Colombia are invited to join the Association. To become a member please send an email to: colombians - officers @ mit . edu

45. Rock In Colombia HISTORY Music. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Rock has always been connected with the colombian culture Eduardo Arias. At the ends of http://venus.javeriana.edu.co/colrock/ingles/history.html

46. Sofia Ospina De Navarro education. Sofía died in June 1974. She was mourned not only as an author but also as a central figure in colombian culture. © Sonja http://web.cocc.edu/hum299/colleen/latinawomen/deNavarro.htm

Latina Writers Multicultural Excursion Home Site Map Works by de Navarro Crónicas (a collection of her newspaper columns La buena mesa La cartilla del hogar (Recipes for Domestic Happiness) Don de gentes (Getting Along Well with People; Nuggets of Social Advice) Cuentos y cronicas (Stories and chronicles) Sofia Ospina de Navarro Sofía was known for her work as a journalist, poet, painter, short story writer and writer of plays. She also worked as a teacher and writer of books on cooking,, etiquette and as an organizer for charitable organizations. Sofía was instrumental in helping many women get university educations during the time when few women were able to receive a formal education. Sofía died in June 1974. She was mourned not only as an author but also as a central figure in Colombian culture. Sonja Menard Central Oregon Community College Humanities 299 FirstClass: sonja_menard@cocc.edu or sonjamenard@hotmail.com

47. FETConnections - Summer 2003 actions at each location. I was also able to incorporate colombian culture and history into the lesson. My students were able to http://www.fetc.org/fetcon/2003-Summer/williams.cfm

Using Maps Off The Internet In A Foreign Language Class Thane L. Williams MAPPING THEIR WORLD Students drew maps of a city in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico or Spain. Their map had to include: 8 to 10 streets (using actual street names from their city), the names of four hotels and four businesses in the city. The students also had to include two of each of the following, museums, libraries, parks, banks and restaurants. The students had to include one of each of the following; church or cathedral, mall, hospital, theater and a movie theater. They located this information by using the Internet. They had to use the actual names of the buildings in the city. Such as, if the movie theater was named "Chipre," the student had to draw the location of the movie theater and write the name by the drawing. The students had to use their city maps to give directions to a place in their particular city. Each student began by choosing a beginning point such as a hotel. The students then chose a destination. Without disclosing the name of the destination, the students wrote directions from the hotel, in this example, to the location. The student following the directions had to write the name of the location on a sheet of paper. INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS VIRTUAL EXPERIENCING Even though the lesson is a Spanish lesson, the idea of using maps off the Internet by creating a web page geared to a particular activity can be applied to any discipline. My students enjoy various forms of learning activities. This helps them to participate actively in their learning experience.

48. Colombian Students Association At Stanford The association of Colombian students at Stanford intends to Promote the knowledge of colombian culture and traditions among the Stanford community. http://www.stanford.edu/group/colombians/hovedside.html

COLOMBIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AT STANFORD Announcements: UPCOMING CONFERENCE: COLOMBIA, THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE WORLD, APRIL 3 rd NOW YOU CAN CHECK THE COLOMBIAN TV NEWS ONLINE HUMOR: THE "AREPA"... IS IT COLOMBIAN OR VENEZUELAN The association of Colombian students at Stanford intends to: Promote the knowledge of Colombian culture and traditions among the Stanford community. Organize activities to integrate the Colombian students at Stanford and all those interested in Colombia. Provide useful links and information for prospective students. Encourage the exchange of ideas about social aspects of the Colombian reality. Poporo Quimbaya Gold Museum Pictures in this sequence: Balcones - Cartagena de Indias

49. Colombia A Guide To Colombia's Alcohol, Food, Culture, And Everyday Life Critiques colombian beer, wine, and liquor, and presents information about typical colombian food. Also, contains information about the culture as well as photos. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/3012

50. SADCO - Sociedad Amigos De Colombia A notfor-profit group open to anyone interested in colombian or Hispanic culture. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/6944/

All materials previously available at this address have been moved to the SADCO, Sociedad Amigos de Colombia website. Please redirect your browser to http://www.sadco.org We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your interest in SADCO and our member programs. SADCO, Sociedad Amigos de Colombia http://www.sadco.org

51. Culture In Colombia COLOMBIA Colombia s Arts culture - colombian Arts culture Colombia is an ethnic mosaic, reflected in its culture, folklore, arts and crafts. http://www.kasbah.com/vitalstats/culture_and_history/culture/colombia_colombia_1

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52. If You're Colombian... Are you colombian? by Carlos Thompson Pinzón. Another in a series of educational and entertaining culture tests. Carlos is an electronics engineer from Bogotá, but now studying mathematics. M.R . http://www.zompist.com/colombia.html

Are you Colombian? Another in a series of educational and entertaining culture tests M.R. If you're Colombian... You believe in personal freedom in an individualistic way. You don't see any connection between this and politics. The A-Team, The Beverly Hillbilies, Who's the Boss, Star-Trek , etc. but nowadays you can only see telenovelas on TV (unless you have cable). You expect to have three weeks of vacation a year. You're fairly likely to believe in God. Most likely you are Catholic, at least by name, but today it's common that you are "Christian", which means non-Catholic Christian (probably Evangelical). You think of corrientazo (a one or two dollar lunch) as cheap food. McDonald's, Burger King, KFC etc. are cheaper than a formal restaurant but not your choice for a cheap lunch. Unless you have kids, you would rather go to El Corral than to McDonald's. You probably own a telephone and a TV set. Even poor people have TV sets. You don't heat your place at winter in fact, there is no winter. What you call invierno Your place has its own bathroom. You do your laundry either by hand or in a machine, deppending on your resources, but most probably you do it at home. You don't usually kill your own food. You don't probably have a dirt floor. You eat at a table, sitting on chairs.

53. PRECOLUMBIAN ART AND CULTURE Precolombian Archaeology Related Links culture and Society of Mexico-RJ Salvador GB Online s Mesoamerica Images of Copan Ruinas Yale Museum The Precolumbian http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tnm/aztlan.htm

Site Contents: Home Links Economics Entertainment ... Politics Pre-Colombian America Science Fiction Weird Stuff PRECOLUMBIAN ART AND CULTURE Page Contents: American South West Caribbean Central America General Meso-America ... Top of this page THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Rock art links-petroglyphs Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association Native Seeds/SEARCH , a non-profit regional seedbank: traditional food plants and crops of U.S. SW and N. Mexico National Park Service: Casa Grande, Canyon de Chelly and a number of other archaeological sites Aztlan Archaeology, Inc. Southwestern Archaeology Top of this page CARIBBEAN The Caribbean Archaeology Program at the Florida Museum of Natural History Indiana University's Underwater Science Program's Dominican Republic Research Project Dan Mouer Yale Museum ... Top of this page CENTRAL AMERICA One Hundred Years of Anthropology in Costa Rica John Hoopes Top of this page GENERAL MESOAMERICA, OR NUMEROUS CULTURES Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, UMS-Albany Suny Images of Mexico : includes numerous archeological zones. Pre-Colombian Archaeology Related Links Culture and Society of Mexico-RJ Salvador GB Online's Mesoamerica Images of Copan Ruinas ... Top of this page GENERAL SOUTH AMERICA, or NUMEROUS CULTURES

54. LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE PAGE colombian Coffee; colombian Rocks Colombia s best rock talents; Musica colombiana; Usenet - soc.culture.colombia - colombian talk, social, politics, science. http://cda.mrs.umn.edu/~ummlaasa/culture.html

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA- MORRIS LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE PAGE BULLFIGHTING Bullfighting in Mexico - all about bullfighting in Mexico: bullfighters, Plaza Mexico History. Bullfighting at its Finest - lots of photos, news and info about upcoming bullfights in Tijuana. Fotos de la Fiesta Tauromaquia Torero, Torero - información relativa a la tauromaquía: toreros, plazas, toros. Usenet - alt.culture.bullfight CHICANO/LATINO AMERICAN CULTURE El Andar - From Electric Mercado - a cultural center and marketplace showcasing Latino lifestyle, news and opinions. Azteca - Dedicated to informing Mexicans, Chicanos, and/or Mexican-Americans. However, everyone is welcome. Chicano/LatinoNet (CLNET) - an electronic mechanism which brings together Chicano/Latino research as well as linguistic minority and educational research efforts being carried out at the University of California and elsewhere. Cultures of the Andes - Music, songs, poems, stories, jokes in Quechua, Spanish, and English. Photos of the Andes. Música, fotos, y cuentos de la cultura Andina; en Quechua e Inglés tambien. Index - Don Phillips Spanish Links Electric Mercado: Literature - highlights the work of Latino authors.

55. BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Colombia's Kidnap Culture Tuesday, 12 November, 2002, 1747 GMT Colombia s kidnap culture. Kidnapping and drugs dominate colombian news. Bishop Jorge Enrique http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2452909.stm

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH You are in: World: Americas News Front Page World ... Programmes SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobile/PDAs Text Only ... Help LANGUAGES EDITIONS Change to World Tuesday, 12 November, 2002, 17:47 GMT Colombia's kidnap culture Kidnapping and drugs dominate Colombian news Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez, is the latest in a long line of Colombian kidnap victims. More people are kidnapped in Colombia than anywhere else in the world, with about 3,000 kidnappings every year. BBC News Online details some of the most recent. November 2002: Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez Bishop Jimenez is one of Latin America's most prominent clerics. He is Bishop of Zipaquira and head of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (Celam). Bishop Jimenez is the latest kidnap victim. He was kidnapped by gunmen on 11 November near Bogota. As well as heading Celam, Bishop Jimenez has served as secretary-general of the Episcopalian conference in Colombia, an overwhelmingly Catholic country. None of the rebel groups have claimed responsibility for kidnapping Bishop Jimenez but the army has blamed the main leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC).

56. BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombia's Kidnap Culture Tuesday, 12 November, 2002, 1747 GMT Colombia s kidnap culture. Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez, is the latest in a long line of colombian kidnap victims. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/americas/2452909.stm

BBC NEWS News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific ... Talking Point Tuesday, 12 November, 2002, 17:47 GMT Colombia's kidnap culture Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez, is the latest in a long line of Colombian kidnap victims. More people are kidnapped in Colombia than anywhere else in the world, with about 3,000 kidnappings every year. BBC News Online details some of the most recent. November 2002: Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez Bishop Jimenez is one of Latin America's most prominent clerics. He is Bishop of Zipaquira and head of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (Celam). He was kidnapped by gunmen on 11 November near Bogota. As well as heading Celam, Bishop Jimenez has served as secretary-general of the Episcopalian conference in Colombia, an overwhelmingly Catholic country. None of the rebel groups have claimed responsibility for kidnapping Bishop Jimenez but the army has blamed the main leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC). February 2002: Ingrid Betancourt On 23 February 2002, Ingrid Betancourt, a candidate in Colombia's presidential elections was abducted as she travelled into a former rebel safe haven.

57. Universidad Del Norte >>> Barranquilla, Colombia The Universidad del Norte s Cayena Cultural Center has obtained a firm position as the most envisioned cultural entity of the colombian Caribbean Region due to http://www.uninorte.edu.co/english/culture.html

English Homepage Mission Location Academy Research Uninorte Press Community Proyection Culture International Relations Language Institute CULTURE The Universidad del Norte's Cayena Cultural Center has obtained a firm position as the most envisioned cultural entity of the Colombian Caribbean Region due to the high quality level of all the activities offered to the community . This has enabled it to continue leading, enhancing and rescuing regional traditions and values as well as disseminating learning and knowledge of the artistic and cultural manifestations. The Cayena Cultural Center is in charge of great programs such as The Humanistic Studies Program, which turns out to be an educational alternative for those interested in receiving an integral education, which would allow them to face in a conscious manner, today's transformations and values crisis. It also manages the Child and Juvenile Symphonic Orchestra "Batuta", which contributes to the integral education of children and youngsters in order to let them socialize and allow them the opportunity of education as a way to support the strengthening of the cultural activity of the country. The Culture festival is another great contribution of Cayena to the university's community. Since its beginning in 1989, this festival has become one of the most important in the cultural and artistic environment in Colombia.

58. Culture Without Context: Issue 12, Colombia, Illicit Antiquities And The ICOM Re The energetic and committed team at the colombian Ministry of culture have publicized heritage laws and created an innovative National Campaign against Illicit http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/IARC/cwoc/issue12/colombia.htm

Issue 12, Spring 2004 Colombia, illicit antiquities and the ICOM Red List Latin America C Not much is known about the looting of archaeological sites in Colombia, nor about how much archaeological material has been illegally removed. We can gain some idea from the widely reported plunder of a cemetery at Hacienda Malagana in 1992, when something like 160 kg of gold were removed by more than 5000 people and one person was murdered. Hundreds of tombs were destroyed in this one incident, and presumably it is a loss that has been repeated many times over throughout Colombia. Not much is known either about how much archaeological material has left the country, and it probably never will, but very little has ever been recovered. Those objects that have been recovered include some anthropomorphic figures from San Agustín, an area which was badly looted during the 1980s and 1990s. 17 statues are known to have been stolen, although a number have been returned. One piece, weighing over 1200 lb, left Colombia illegally in 1993 and was discovered at a gallery in California whence it was returned to Colombia; the French government has also returned another four figures that had been bought by a private collector in Nantes. There is certainly a good market for Colombian material. In 2000, for example, at the annual Cultura Fair, in Basel, Switzerland, one dealer offered a gold hoard from Colombia (consisting of 130 archaeological objects) for about $3 million. The Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History reports that some pieces leaving Colombia illegally may have two certificates: the first, which accompanies the piece through customs certifies that it is a replica; the second, which is produced at point of sale when the piece has left Colombia, guarantees its authenticity as an archaeological piece.

59. Peruvian Pre-colombian Tour day will be spent in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, another very important place of this culture (day 14). Our approach to the precolombian Peru will end the http://www.gaston-sacaze.com/en/precol.html

"La pampa y la puna" Peruvian pre-colombian tour (16 days / 15 nights) The whole idea of the tour is very simple: understand that, beyond the different specific configurations of the Wiracocha god which can be found in different places and periods, there is a fundamental unity in the Andean civilization and the cost of Peru This unity has its origin in Chavin (department of Ancash, in the mountains range located in the centre - north of Peru), 3000 B.C. and it is expressed with notable regularity, in time and space, through different representations of the Wiracocha Pachacamac, with its typical attribute: feline teeth and hair made of snakes, symbols of power, the owner of life, death and eternal social order. Then, we will visit chronologicaly for 15 days, more than 4000 years of history and pre-history of Peru from the roots of Chavin of Huantar to the summit of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu, the last historical sign of the Anden precolombian civilization. Click on the links to open a new window where you can find a description and pictures of the different places. The Tour After your arrival in Lima if there is enough time we will visit the the archaeological museum in Pueblo Libre to have an idea of what you will see during the tour before commencing the trip (day one) We will start our journey in the evening going by bus towards the department of Ancash to meet the matrix culture of the central mountains of Peru, known as the

60. Arts-Arts And Culture-British Council-Colombia art through exhibitions and projects involving British and colombian artists and international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations http://www2.britishcouncil.org/colombia/colombia-arts_and_culture/colombia-arts_

British Arts in Colombia Our programmes and events embrace the performing, visual and applied arts, with the emphasis on local participation and collaboration. Many of our projects involve artists from UK, overseas contemporaries and Colombians, and wherever possible they are presented in conjunction with workshops, master classes and seminars, showing exciting results for the arts world and in terms of international understanding. music and performing arts We promote innovative music, theatre, drama and dance in Colombia and through showcase events in the UK. Explore more about artists, performances, venues, events and collaborations. design British Council helps promote UK design through a range of activities and events including touring exhibitions, workshops, seminars and participation in design events. films Access information on all aspects of British films: from discovering the latest releases to studying film making in the UK. visual arts Discover British contemporary art through exhibitions and projects involving British and Colombian artists and art institutions. Literature We make every effort to bring you closer to contemporary British literature. We promote British literature through a range of activities and events. Explore all these opportunities.

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