The Güepajé Project

So You Want to Explore the Land of a Thousand Rhythms?

Andres Turco Gil accordion academy trains young children in the music of vallenato, many of them are refugees from violence or live in poverty.

August 16, 2018

This is the latest post in the Colombia Blog Series by Kike Calvo, which profiles interesting information, research and thoughts on Colombia related to journalism, ecotourism, visual anthropology, exploration and photography. This article belongs to the author’s lifelong series The Güepajé Project. For the past few weeks I embarked on a rather remarkable music exploration around Colombia with Colombia Photo Expeditions….

In Human Journey

Tags Academia de Musica Vallenata Andrés Turco Gil, Afro-Colombian, Andres Turco Gil, Barranquilla, Beto Murga’s Accordion Museum, Cali, Champeta, Colombia, Colombia Photo Expeditions, Consuelo Araujo, El Secteto Tabala, Emelia Reyes Salgado, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero, Esteban Copete, Ethnomusicology, Festival del Vallenato, folklore, José "Billo" Ovidio Quinonez, José Ovidio Quinonez, Jose Ricardo Villafañe, Kike Calvo, Kombilesa Mi, La Burgos, Latin American Music, Lumbalu, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Moralito, Music Expeditions, National Geographic Creative Photographer, Palenque, Rafael Cassiani, Rafael Escalona, Salsa, Son Palenquero, The Güepajé Project, The Old Mile, UNESCO, Valledupar, Vallenato, Villavicencio

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So You Want to Explore the Land of a Thousand Rhythms?

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