Culture and Traditions in Buenaventura, Colombia

PUNTA SOLDADO, BUENAVENTURA - COLOMBIA - AUGUST 01: A young girl poses for a photo at the department of Valle del Cauca, Punta Soldado, Buenaventura, Colombia on August 01, 2021. Residents of the Buenaventura area, an important port city in western Colombia, have been caught in a crossfire between drug trafficking structures, for too many years, but they continue facing the cycling of violence with their intangible cultural heritage, this port city of 400,000 is at the center of it all. From hip-hop to the marimba keyboard, one of the contributions to the culture is their culinary heritage handed down over generations, In 2017, became a member of the Unesco Creative Cities Network, based on its gastronomy. Buenaventura is by far the largest city in the region, where an overwhelmingly Afro-Colombian population lives largely in small, scattered communities. Most are descended from slaves brought in by the Spanish starting in the 17th century to work in gold mines. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)