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Cartagena or Cartagena de Indias (Spanish pronunciation: [kartaˈxena ðe ˈindjas], Cartagena of the Indies), is a city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of the Bolívar Department. The port city had a population of 892,545 as of the 2005 census. It is the fifth-largest city in Colombia and the second largest in the region, after Barranquilla. The Cartagena urban area is also the fifth-largest urban area in the country. Economic activities include maritime and petrochemicals industry, as well as tourism.
The city was founded on June 1, 1533, and named after Cartagena, Spain. However, settlement in this region around Cartagena Bay by various indigenous people dates back to 4000 BC. During the colonial period Cartagena served a key role in administration and expansion of the Spanish empire. It was a center of political and economic activity due to the presence of royalty and wealthy viceroys. Cartagena is the city most associated with pirates in the Caribbean, and the world. In 1984 Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History Cartagena
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Pre-Columbian era: 4000 BC -- 1500 AD
The Puerto Hormiga Culture, found in the Caribbean coast region, particularly in the area from the Sinú River Delta to the Cartagena Bay, appears to be the first documented human community in what is now Colombia. Archaeologists estimate that around 4000 BC, the formative culture was located near the boundary between the present-day departments of Bolívar and Sucre. In this area, archaeologists have found the most ancient ceramic objects of the Americas, dating from around 4000 BC. The primary reason for the proliferation of primitive societies in this area is thought to have been the relative mildness of climate and the abundance of wildlife, which allowed the hunting inhabitants a comfortable life.[2][3][4]
Archaeological investigations date the decline of the Puerto Hormiga culture and its related settlements to around 3000 BC. The rise of a much more developed culture, the Monsú, who lived at the end of the Dique Canal near today's Cartagena neighborhoods Pasacaballos and Ciénaga Honda at the northernmost part of Barú Island, has been hypothesized. The Monsú culture appears to have inherited the Puerto Hormiga culture's use of the art of pottery and also to have developed a mixed economy of agriculture and basic manufacture. The Monsú people's diet was based mostly on shellfish and fresh and salt-water fish.[5]
The development of the Sinú society in what is today the departments of Córdoba and Sucre, eclipsed these first developments around the Cartagena Bay area. Until the Spanish colonization, many cultures derived from the Karib, Malibu and Arawak language families lived along the Colombian Caribbean coast. In the late pre-Columbian era, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta was home to the Tayrona people, whose language was closely related to the Chibcha language family.[6][7]
Around 1500 the area was inhabited by different tribes of the Karib language family, more precisely the Mocanae sub-family, including:
In the downtown island: Kalamarí Tribe
In the Tierrabomba island: Carex Tribe
In the Barú island, then peninsula: Bahaire Tribe
In the eastern coast of the exterior bay: Cospique Tribe
In the suburban area of Turbaco: Yurbaco Tribe
Some subsidiary tribes of the Kalamari lived in today's neighborhood of Pie de la Popa, and other subsidiaries from the Cospique lived in the Membrillal and Pasacaballos areas. Among these, according to the earliest documents available, the Kalamari had preeminence. These tribes, though physically and administratively separated, shared a common architecture, such as hut structures consisting of circular rooms with tall roofs, which were surrounded by defensive wooden palisades.
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Nueva Venecia Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Barranquilla Costa Caribe COLOMBIA
Video aéreo HD del pueblo palafito de Nueva Venecia en la Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta de Colombia. La Ciénaga está ubicada entre Santa Marta y Barranquilla en la Costa Caribe y es la más grande del país. Es un santuario de aves y peces, un ecosistema muy frágil e importante para la reproducción de las especies que se vio afectado por la construcción de la carretera entre Santa Marta y Barranquilla.
La Cienaga tiene varios pueblos que fueron construidos en medio de la Ciénaga sobre el agua, son los únicos pueblos palafitos de Colombia; es por esto que uno de ellos tiene el nombre de Nueva Venecia. Las calles son de agua y solo se puede desplazar en Canoa, el único puente que existe comunica el colegio y la iglesia. Es un lugar único en Colombia que seguro lo sorprenderá más que cualquier otro.
¿Conoces a Nueva Venecia y la Ciénaga Grande, su fauna y flora, sus pueblos y su gente? ¿Sabías que la Ciénaga es declarada Santuario de Fauna y Flora en Colombia sitio de conservación de sus especies y protección de la naturaleza y su biodiversidad ?
La cienaga Grande de Santa Marta fue creada en 1977 y se encuentra ubicada en el norte de Colombia en el departamento del Magdalena; la temperatura aproximada es de 29°C con un clima cálido seco y cuenta con una extensión de 26.810 hectáreas. Está conformada por: ríos, áreas pantanosas, ciénagas, ecosistemas de manglar y caños; comprende un complejo de aguas de más de 100 ciénagas .
Es un lugar muy importante para la naturaleza debido a que se convierte en el complejo lagunar más grande de Colombia, en el refugio de aves migratorias que vienen especialmente de Norteamérica. La existencia de ecosistemas de manglar son el soporte y la ayuda para las diferentes fases del ciclo de vida de moluscos, crustáceos y peces además se caracteriza por la conservación y estabilidad para la supervivencia de la variedad de especies de la zona y el desarrollo de fauna y flora.
Entre las especies más representativas se pueden encontrar el mico cariblanco, el ratón silvestre, el manatí, la nutria, variedad de murciélagos, caimanes, iguanas y aves exóticas como el pato aguja, la garza morena, el gallito de ciénaga, entre otros.
En este lugar podrá admirar la belleza de los bosques de manglar y los bosques secos tropicales formado por árboles pequeños (el chaparro), enormes fustes del macondo y palmas de vino y palmas largas.
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Sobrevuelo y Tour Virtual de la Ciénaga grande de Santa Marta desde el aire con Drone.
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DANCE - Turn of the dawn - Corea del Sur - MASDANZA 18º Certamen Coreográfico - 2013
25 octubre 2013
XVIII Certamen Coreográfico
18MASDANZA FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL
DE DANZA CONTEMPORÁNEA DE CANARIAS
celebrado del 23 de Octubre al 09 de Noviembre de 2013
Maspalomas -- Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias), España.
En la presente edición del certamen corográfico de 18MASDANZA, se han recibido un total de 114 solicitudes, de las cuales 5 de las piezas han sido seleccionadas para participar. Los trabajos han llegado de países como Alemania, Argentina, Bélgica, Bielorrusia, Burkina Faso, Canadá, Corea del Sur, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Chipre, Dinamarca, Estados Unidos, España, Estonia. Francia, Grecia, , Hong Kong (China), Hungría, Irlanda, Israel, Italia, Japón, Líbano, Macedonia, México, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Reino Unido, República Checa, Serbia Suecia, Suiza, Venezuela, entre otros.
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TURN OF THE DAWN (15')
Seúl, Corea del Sur
Creador: Hyunjin Jung
Intérpretes: Seunghae Kim, Hyunjin Jung
Vestuario: Fitbow
Iluminación: Ryu Bakki
Management: Yewon Chu
Basada en la novela La Puerta de la Mañana de Park Min Gyu, donde discute aspectos de la vida de esta generación a través de la perspective de la muerte y el nacimiento...usa 'mañana' y 'puerta' como símbolos para la desesperación y la esperanza...'Cuando llega el momento de abrir la primera puerta de mañana, me voy a dormir, sin importarme el tipo o color de vida...Me hundo en la bañera llena de agua y me quedo quieto...siento que floto, como un pez...pero me dan ganas de volverme a dormir...Cuando voy corriendo con sudor rodando por mi cuello, comienzo a dibujar mi baño...Mi cuerpo se expone gradualmente y me envío hacia la puerta de otro hoy. Si salgo por la puerta algo que se parece a flotar está esperando por mí...' .
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The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, MASDANZA, was born in Gran Canaria, in 1996. It is the result of the initiative of its Director from the very beginning, Natalia Medina, with the support of the Department of Culture of the Municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The Department recognised and supported this initiative, with the intention of covering an important cultural space that had not been included previously in the agenda of any public or private institution in the Canaries.
Since its first beginnings in 1996, MASDANZA has consolidated itself year after year, going from a small regional festival, to national by the second, and then on to international from its sixth edition until now, spreading beyond our national borders and open to the participation of international choreographers and dancers.
MASDANZA has grown as an event that every year acquires more strength and prestige outside the borders of our community, allowing the public to see that there are important cultural alternatives when visiting Gran Canaria. The most convincing evidence of this fact is the increasing number of public attending every edition of the Festival. Thanks to their interest in discovering new creators and trends, this Festival has become a leader in the national and international arenas.
In the beginning, the audiences were formed by dance professionals and people with a very keen interest in dance, however, year after year, we have been able to attract the interest of the general public, therefore awakening their interest in discovering a new form of artistic expression which until now seemed destined for a select minority.
Our Organisation´s commitment to offering our audiences the best in dance, leads us to invite Dance Companies of recognised prestige to perform during the Opening Ceremony and at different events during the Festival, performing their latest productions.
Parallel to the competition, during the week, there are many activities: Guest Companies, Break-Dance Championship, Masdanza Showcase, Dance Marathon, Exhibitions, Dance In Open Spaces, Conferences, workshops and courses.
It is important to mention also, that the Organisation is sensitive to the difficulty that new creators have in obtaining a place in the professional world, that is why it guarantees the winners with participation in important circuits and national and international dance spaces. At the same time, MASDANZA also awards grants to outstanding performers.
After 17 years, we can say that MASDANZA is a platform for the launching of new local, national and international creators. And because of the geographical location of our archipielago, events like MASDANZA prove the TRANSCONTINENTALITY of the Canary Islands, with people travelling back and forth from Latin America, Africa and Europe.
MASDANZA is an international showcase for the Canary Islands, which for a few days become the neuralgical center of the world's dance avant-garde, and an unprecedented reference in our community.
One important objective of MASDANZA is to promote The Canary Islands and their culture. Dance has recognition around the world and we are contributing to it from the Canaries.