Geography… Cartagena de Indias. A Photo Journey. 26 Mar 202327 Mar 2023 Hello! This is a photographic journey of Cartagena de Indias. Enjoy! Cartagena de Indias was originally the land of the Calamarí Indigenous people. LA CIUDAD AMULLARADA. The walled city. Cartagena…
Animal Life… Incredible Animals from Colombia. 21 Mar 2023 One of the things that impresses me greatly about Colombia is its huge diversity in flora and fauna species. This country is one of the 17 mega-diverse countries in the…
Colombia… Making a Mini Wayuu Bag 10 Mar 2023 Hello! Yes! Remember that video in the last post about a coin purse based on the Colombian Wayuu bags? This one: https://youtu.be/YUbndWTJyDY Well, I did it!!! Isn't it adorable: !!!…
Colombia… Colombian Weaving Crafts 2 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 Doing research about Colombia's crafts I learned they have many "artesanias" (handicrafts) that involve weaving threads. Here are are a few in order of relevance: Sombrero Vueltiao Meaning turned hat,…
Art… Recreating a Tairona Gold Figure Pendant… 21 Feb 202321 Feb 2023 ...with gold papers! From my last post about the Pre-Columbian gold, I absolutely fell in love with the figure pendants created by the Tairona people. I really wanted to make…
Art… El Dorado and the Art of Gold in Colombia 10 Feb 202310 Feb 2023 Have you ever heard of the legend of a city made of pure gold called "El Dorado" from South America? Well this myth made famous by Spaniards searching for gold…
Colombia… History of Colombia: Timeline 30 Jan 202311 Feb 2023 Pre-Columbian Era 18,000 – 8000 BCE The oldest archaeological finds in Colombia are from the Pubenza and El Totumo sites in the Magdalena Valley 62 miles (100 km ) southwest of Bogotá. 5000 - 1000 BCE Hunter-gatherer…
Colombia… Geography of Colombia Part 2 23 Jan 202331 Jan 2023 Hi! Ready to continue our virtual trip through the land of this beautiful country? OK! Here we go! In Part 1, we went to the Andean Region, covering the three branches…
Colombia… Geography of Colombia Part 1 15 Jan 202320 Feb 2023 Colombia is located in the northwest of South America. It is bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru. It shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica,…
Colombia… General Facts About Colombia 7 Jan 20237 Jan 2023 Colombia is in South America bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia has…
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