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Greetings graceful viewers, and welcome to A Journey through Aesthetic Realms on Supreme Master Television. Today, we will continue with part 2 of our two part program on traditional Colombian folk dances.

Each region of Colombia has its distinct combinations of cultural inputs from Native American, Spanish, African, Caribbean, as well as other European and Latin American origins. This is especially evident in its beautiful ethnic dances. The expressive dance styles accompanied by lively local music make dancing one of the most popular forms artistic expressions and entertainment for Colombians.

The Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia is an organization which was created to preserve the beautiful culture of Colombia through its folk traditions. It has participated in numerous events and folk festivals to showcase the country’s music and dances as well as the artists’ talents. The Foundation has won several accolades, including a prize for best costumes as well as the folk dances award for seniors in the capital district of Bogotá over two consecutive years.

We are honored to have with us today Mr. Miller Flores, artistic director of the Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia to share about the country’s colorful folk dances. We have many Colombian dances. Many of these dances are choreographies that the teacher creates. They do research and motivate other people to participate and different groups.

From the Antioquia Region, we have the Ventarron, we have the Redoba. The typical costume of this region for the man is a poncho, handkerchief. The satchel, the machete, the straw hat, the white sandals that are typical of Antioquia. The costume of the woman is colorful and uses flowery lace, it has much embroidery and is very striking for the appearance of the dance itself. The Ventarron, is a dance that derives from peasants who came to the mountains, where it was very windy, and they wanted to represent that movement of the wind, represent it in the dance. From there comes the Ventarron dance.

We see how they lift up their feet to avoid the plants, to avoid the wind, to help themselves walk.

The Redoba is a dance of strength, of foot tapping, which has to mark the rhythm of the dance so that it coincides to the music.

Located in the Andean region, Tolima is one of the 32 departments of Colombia. Ibagué is its capital and is renowned as the “musical city of Colombia.” With this musical background, it is natural that the dances of the local people are lively and colorful. The music genre of this region is Bambuco and is characterized by its folk element that lends itself to the dance style that bears the same name.

We continue now with the dance from Tolima, the Bambuco. Here is a couple with the costumes that belongs to this region. The man has a Tolima hat, red scarf, green shirt, white pants, and for this dance they can dance barefoot or with sandals. Women have ornaments in their hair. We can see hers. The color doesn’t matter, it can vary, as long as it is very colorful. The shirt has decorations, the skirt is loose fitting for the movements. Also, she can dance barefoot or with sandals.

Now, let’s enjoy a typical Bambuco dance performed by the Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia.

Our show on the rich traditions of Colombian folk dance will continue after these brief messages. Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television.

Vibrant viewers, welcome back to A Journey through Aesthetic Realms on Supreme Master Television, as we continue our show on Colombian folk dances. The feeling of freedom is a typical characteristic of Colombian dances. The dancers are often absorbed in the rhythms of music, leaving the audience awed at the seamless flow of a rainbow of colors from their vibrant costumes. Mr. Miller Flores, artistic director of the Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia explains the unique dance form found in the eastern plains of the country.

This dance, the Joropo, is very representative here in Colombia and abroad. We have here the typical costumes of women. A dance of flowers, white background, and colorful lace. It has to be very attractive and the flowers are like the leaves that fall in the spring. She also wears an ornament on her hair, on her head, this is an ornament of flowers and the dance is with sandals. The costumes of the men, wearing his veguero hat, he has a shirt or liqui-liqui, a pair of pants, a sandal of fake leather and with neoli sole.

There is a very nice story about this costume. Currently people use a very fancy liqui liqui, very nice. Very elegant. Looks like a formal costume and yes, the dance is like that because for a long time, dance researchers have realized that the peasants from the plains region used this rope I have here at the back which is called ‘vegueta.’ That’s why they are called ‘veguero peasants,’ because they were using the hat like that. This ponytail that we see here is made from the fique plant.

This is an ornament for the dance. It was slightly shorter and that was the typical costume.

We invite you to enjoy the following presentation of a Joropo dance by the Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia.

To conclude today’s show, we would like to share Mr. Flores’ message about the importance of preserving cultural traditions.

I want to thank Supreme Master TV. With great pleasure, we did an assortment of dances, and we hope you have enjoyed it. I would like to send a message to all the viewers of this channel. We all support folk traditions not only of our country but from other countries on our planet, which is very rich in folk traditions, which every country has, we have to promote it.

We have to leave something to the people, to the public, so that they don’t forget their roots, they don’t forget their customs, where we come from, where we are from and that is very important for us.

Our heartfelt appreciation to the Foundation for Folk Traditions of Colombia and all involved for your dedication to fostering the preservation of the unique artistic expressions of your country and introducing us to the amazing varieties of Colombian folk dances. May your beautiful work be graced with continued success.

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