Many aspects of Colombian culture can be traced back to the early culture of Spain of the 16th century and its collision with Colombia's native civilizations...

Ministry of Culture (Spanish: Ministerio de Cultura; short name MinCultura) is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with...

The pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia refers to the ancient cultures and civilizations that inhabited Colombia before the Spanish Conquest in the 16th...

depiction of Colombia in popular culture, especially the portrayal of Colombian people in film and fiction, has been asserted by Colombian organizations...

today. Elements of Native American and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Colombia and thus a modern...

The "National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia" (Spanish: Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia, pronounced [ˌimno nasjoˈnal de la reˌpuβlika ðe...

Colombia has 18 holidays (12 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays celebrating...

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland...

The minister of culture is the head of the Ministry of Culture. The minister serves as the principal advisor to the president of Colombia, and the national...

The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, music genres, both traditional and modern, according with the features of each geographic...

Parqués is a mixture of the original Indian game and the influences of local Colombian culture. In Colombia, people from all parts of the country play the...

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Indigenous peoples of Colombia are the ethnic groups who have inhabited Colombia since before the Spanish colonization of Colombia, in the early 16th...

Colombian cuisine is a culinary tradition of the six main regions within Colombia (Pacific, Amazonian, Andean, Orinoco, Caribbean, and Insular). Colombian...

Religion in Colombia is dominated by various branches of Christianity and is an expression of the different influences in the Colombian culture including...

second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains...

The history of Colombia includes its settlement by indigenous peoples and the establishment of agrarian societies, notably the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya...

Cinema of Colombia refers to film productions made in Colombia, or considered Colombian for other reasons. Colombian cinema, like any national cinema...

Colombian Spanish (Spanish: español colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia. The term is of more geographical than linguistic...

The Colombian Institute of Culture (Spanish: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura; short name Colcultura) (1968–1997), was established by the Colombian government...

Miss Colombia (Formally Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia, English: "National Beauty Contest of Colombia") is the national beauty pageant organization...

The demographics of Colombia consist of statistics regarding Colombians' health, economic status, religious affiliations, ethnicity, population density...

influenced the culture of Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Peru in areas such as food, art, and cultural trade. The culture of Africa brought...

sports in Colombia. The Government of Colombia sponsors numerous individuals and teams nationally and internationally through the Ministry of Culture to enable...

There is an important community of Romani people in Colombia (Spanish: Gitanos en Colombia) consisting 8000 Colombians of Romani descent and are scattered...

exploited by beer companies in Colombia. Tejo aficionados are trying to change the image of the sport in popular culture from a rowdy bar game to a serious...

to the African and Amerindian cultures of Colombia. There is documentary evidence that the carnival existed in Colombia in the 17th century and had already...

Some of them are common with other Latin American countries. The Colombian folklore has strong influences from Spanish culture, with elements of African...

A Colombian necktie (Spanish: corte de corbata, tie-cut) is a form of execution or post-mortem mutilation in which the victim’s tongue is pulled through...

used to be common in the Paisa Region (Antioquia and the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis) of Colombia but were replaced in the 1950s by tractor trailers called...