Read the second part Ernesto Sabato: the cultural process is a process of domestication which can not be conducted without rebellion by the nature animal, anxious to freedom. When listening to a vallenato in any corner of Colombia or the world what really is expressing is a mixture of the three most important cultures of America: accordion flaunts its European origin, since certain day part of Germany, crosses the Atlantic and arrives to the beaches of la Guajira and hence, guided by the poetic vein of Francisco man peoples of the coast whereSince it is the inseparable companion of those who sing to life, love and nature. Housing starts his trip in Africa, from which wine to accompany the nostalgia of those who were violently uprooted its terroir and its tranquility. It arrives in the company of slaves but is free in his new homeland where immediately becomes an invaluable element of regional identity. By Meanwhile the guacharaca is the host of other instruments, the more humble in appearance, but the owner of a special Cadence and a unique rhythm, representative of indigenous blood in music with which Carlos Vives put to dance half the world in recent years. Vallenato is just one example of the cultural syncretism of our peoples, one of the less recognized riches in the process of formation of the colombianidad in its one hundred eighty-eight years of Republican life.

Another example of our diversity is the gastronomy. Experts agree that a few close links between food and culture: European wheat, Asian rice and American Indian corn. Where you meet the three grains join also rooted historical and cultural, in the North of Colombia, for example. Thus the things our Colombian Caribbean is indigenous but not only indigenous; is moreno but not only moreno; is white but not only white; is black but not only black. The region in where Rodrigo de Bastidas took his first steps as a conqueror and in where the Almirante Padilla became strong, is a piece of the world that the world has taken its root through coexistence and peaceful coexistence the breeds mentioned above and also others, represented with dignity and poise by workers and individuals full of virtues for trade such as the Arabs and the Jews. Despite the conflicts that these past racial groups have in their places of origin, they have coexisted with prudence and respect in the littoral North of Colombia. Read the second part Alejandro Rutto Martinez is a renowned journalist and Colombian writer, linked as a teacher at several Colombian universities.

He is author of four books and co-author of three others in which addresses the theme of leadership, ethics, and human development. It is often invitadocomo lecturer at congresses, forums and other academic events. Get in touch with him through of the corrreo or call cell 300 8055526.