
Colombian folklore like other latinoamerican countries has a mix between native communities as wayúu, chibchas, arawak, witoto and spanish culture with african traditions. In 1492, they accidentaly discovered América in the ships of La pinta, La niña and La santa MarÃa because the spanish catholic kingdom had bad realations with middle east empires and they had to trade and communicate with asian empires as China and India so they decided to turn around the earth in the west in wich they find a continent that nobody knew where began the process of miscegenation in the colonial age.
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Andean Region
CULTURE

The mountain rouge of Los Andes and the diverse temperatures zones have
determinated the style of life of the people. Also it across countries like Chile, Perú,
Bolivia, Venezuela. It is a extense zone with the legacy of the quechua tribe, a native
community that lived there in the age of the Inca empire.
The region is divided in thirteen departaments: Antioquia, Caldas, Boyacá, Cauca,
Cundinamarca, Nariño, Huila, Norte de Santander, QuindÃo, Risaralda, Tolima,
Santander and Valle del Cauca.
All the departaments have different costumes due to the festivites, however the
"ruana" is a common garment, it is similar to a cap in cotton or wool that protect you
of cold especially used by agriculturist.
Other representative clothing is used in the San juanero huilense or bambuco dance;
the female costume are a long skirt with embroidered flowers, a white blouse and
gold slippers, while the male costume are a white shirt, black pants, red neckerchief
and black shoes.
The Chapolera are a female costume that are compound by a long black skirt that
include ribbons with a variety of colors or making the colombian flag, the character
of the Chapolera is asociated with the higher social categories or statuss and wealth.
Also it has a white blouse with a upper collar and espadrilles.
Roman Catholicism in Colombia arrived in the region with the Spaniard colonizers at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Franciscans settled along with colonizers and built churches and monasteries in the towns founded by the Spaniards.



CARIBbEAN REGION
The Caribbean region coast extends from the Gulf of Urabá to the Gulf of Venezuela. Straddling the coast are Colombia's two main Atlantic port cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena. The administration of the region is covered by eight department governments; Atlántico, BolÃvar, Cesar, Sucre, Córdoba, Magdalena, La Guajira and San Andrés y Providencia. These 8 departments also cover approximately 182 municipalities, 1093 corregimientos and 493 caserios according to the 2005 Census by DANE. Most of its inhabitants speak a dialect of Caribbean Spanish with variations within its subregions.

Known for its peacefulness and easygoing demeanour, the habitants from the region enjoy a warm weather and a clean and calm seaboard which is the main pillar of their identity. The men and women of the region are festive, easygoing and very peaceful, often choosing to ignore or refuse confrontation whilst keeping a healthy attitude of debate and passionate argumentation without violence. The habitants are also hard-working and the cities are very festive but also very committed to progress and development in several areas, particularly educational ones as the interest of the latest administrations has been to develop technology and science as a tool for increased productivity and sustenance as well as economical development and progress.
It has been always a basis of the culture the cultivation of intellectual traits and virtues. It is why taxicab drivers are known to be well-versed in many religious and/or philosophical themes and topics and why people can easily start conversations with strangers on a waiting line to debate topics that can range from politics to science, a particular point of interest to the city and especially to the last generations who are avid readers of scientific material which has propelled the social and cultural development through academia and intellectual activities. The city is known to many for this and it is said that "even the poorest man in the city is rich in wisdom in the country" for this cultural trait.
The typical food of the Caribbean region varies according to the geographical location in the sabanas the typical meal is the sancocho made with rabo (cow's tail) and accompanied with Coconut rice. In the coast the typical meal is fish, sometimes fried or sometimes cooked in coconut milk. A popular soup is also prepared with the head of the Sabalo, yuca, plantain, coconut milk, lime and salt. The arepa is also a popular dish with numerous variations like arepa limpia (plain arepa), arepa e' queso (arepa with cheese) and arepa e'huevo (arepa with egg).












Amazon natural region
The tropical rainforest classified more specifically as a tropical moist broadleaf forest. Within the Colombian Amazon region there are five moist forest ecoregions:
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Caquetá moist forest: the largest part of the Colombian Amazon region centered on the Caquetá, Vaupés, YarÃ, and Apaporis Rivers
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Napo moist forest: the southwest corner of the Colombian Amazon region which borders the Andes and includes the headwaters of the Caquetá and Putumayo Rivers
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Solimões-Japurá moist forest: in Colombia this ecoregion is centered on the Putumayo and Amazon Rivers
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Japurá-Solimões-Negro moist forest: this ecoregion barely extends into Colombia mainly around the Lower Vaupés and Negro Rivers
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Campinarana: this ecoregion of white sandy forest and swamps barely extends into Colombia around the Negro River in the Department of Vaupés

