Colombians prepare to celebrate important regional folkloric music and dance in the 44th International Joropo Tournament. Joropo is a musical style with African and European roots that resembles the ...

Venezuela's "joropo" -- a genre blending music, song and fast-paced partner dancing -- was named Tuesday as a UNESCO intangible cultural treasure. It has Indigenous, African and European roots and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join us at the Folklife Festival for some joropo music and dance from Colombia! Ranching people of the Colombian plains, with their love of cattle ...

This post is part two of a series on the Venezuelan plains and its culture. Follow this link to read the first post of the series. Of the musical genres that constitute the folklore of the plains of ...

Miss Arauca was crowned “International Joropo Queen” Tuesday at an event in eastern Colombia celebrating the local Llanera culture, reported newspaper El Pais. Yulitsa Tatiana Siniva was praised for ...

CARACAS: Venezuela’s “joropo” — a genre blending music, song, and fast-paced partner dancing — was named a Unesco intangible cultural treasure on Tuesday. It has Indigenous, African, and European ...