Colombian culture

COLOMBIA CULTURE Cultural Ancestry The cultural tradition of Colombia is diverse. There are distinct groups within the Colombian culture that bear unique accents, cultural adaptations, social patterns, and different customs. The distinct group within the Colombian culture is divided into based on their location; those within the coastal regions, those in the interior region, and those in the countryside. The individual groups come together and do their regional cultures during special events like elections, beauty pageants, and also sporting events. In terms of their location and geography, Colombia covers approximately 1.14 m. square kilometers ("Critical essays on Colombian cinema and culture: Cinembargo Colombia", 2013). Colombia borders…

Colombian Culture, and History The Army 's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Culture Center. defines culture as a “dynamic social system,” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms of a “specific group, organization, society or other collectivity" learned, shared, internalized, and changeable by all members of the society (Watson, 2010). Culture can be broken down into five basic areas, thank can be considered “operationally relevant.” These five areas are; the physical…

While events in these three books echo the history of their respective countries, their main characters do as well. In One Hundred Years of Solitude, the Buendía family represents different parts of Colombia as the family cycles through life and death. All members of the Buendía family are solitary in some way, which represents the isolated of Latin America. According to Laura Turgeon in World Literature and its Times, their seclusion is “symbolic of . . . their culture, their continent . . .…

Introduction Both Colombia as a country and the whole Colombian ethnic group each have a slew of stereotypes to conquer when dealing with other culture groups. One of the more popular and beautiful cities, Medellin, is often portrayed as a dangerous place to visit—full of drug cartels, kidnappings, and homicides. The popularity of cocaine and the illegal drug trade have both left the uninformed public with the opinion that the citizens of Colombia are all drug fanatics and/or murderers. While…

I am a part of the Colombian culture was born and live in Bogota, Colombia until I was fourteen years old. Bogota is the main capital of Colombia and the largest city in Colombia. Growing up in the culture I saw many aspects of economical and status differences. The city is mostly divided in economical class, meaning people who live in the south have less money and people who live in the north have grown into more of luxuries Colombia culture. In many other ways I felt other thing with it the…

Planet Index (2013), is now left polarized with nearly half the population opinion divided in two according to El Tiempo (2016). The Colombian people should have initially voted “yes” in the deal because all its created is uncertainty, anxiety, and tension in Colombian politics for the future. When attempting to foresee the future of Colombia, it is important to analyze its historical ideology. The BBC (2016) reports that before the day Colombia was even founded, it was based on slavery…

I come from a full, born there, Colombian family. My mother and father are both Colombian natives. Although my parents divorced, that did not change what i experienced during my visits. Most, if not all, of my mother’s side of the family currently lives in Colombia. I have had the chance to visit twice in my life. From my visits i can tell you that their culture is much different than the one i am use to here in the United States and, more specifically, Springfield, Massachusetts. Do i like it…

Within many cultures, people can define what constitutes functional behavior. Colombia’s society, similar to the United States, incorporates different parts of the system like family, education, government, and religion to maintain social stability. As such, homosexuality is viewed as dysfunctional in the Colombian social system, regardless of the more recent laws on the books for gay rights. Traditionally, Colombia’s culture is based in the religious teaching of Catholicism, though the…

Hispanic culture celebrates the 15th birthday of their young ladies. These celebrations are called Quinceaneras. They are celebrations where the family showcases the young lady and introduces her to society, basically celebrating her coming of age. However living in America, it’s customs have become our customs therefore we decided to celebrate my daughters sweet sixteen. During this highly anticipated event we surprised our family members with music and a folk dance from my Parents homeland, it…

experiences. In order to visualize this, I would like to insert the following diagram: In accordance with my experiences in the university and the business world, the Colombian culture has a huge power distance, which can be explained by a strict hierarchical order. In addition, it is not an individualistic society, like for example the German society. Colombia, like most of Latin American countries, prefers a collectivistic society, where the unity and the inclusion in networks counts more. An…