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  2. Culture of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Colombia has vibrant indigenous influences within its culture. Full Indigenous peoples of Colombia are estimated to be around 4-10% of the country’s population, however most still hold on to indigenous traditions and folklore. Indigenous influences in Colombian culture include cuisine, music, architecture, language, folklore ...

  3. Indigenous peoples in Colombia - Wikipedia

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    Colombia's Indigenous culture evolved from three main groups—the Quimbaya, who inhabited the western slopes of the Cordillera Central; the Chibchas; and the Kalina (Caribs). [22] When the Spanish arrived in 1509, they found a flourishing and heterogeneous Amerindian population that numbered around 6 million, [ 23 ] belonged to several hundred ...

  4. Colombia - Wikipedia

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    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.

  5. Kogi people - Wikipedia

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    History. The Kogi people are descendants of the Tairona culture, which flourished before the times of the Spanish conquest. The Tairona were an advanced civilization which built many stone structures and pathways in the jungles. They made many gold objects which they would hang from trees and around their necks.

  6. Muisca - Wikipedia

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    The Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges; territory of the Muisca. Southwestern Altiplano; Bogotá savanna, territory of the southern mosca ( zipa) The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest.

  7. Tairona - Wikipedia

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    Tairona. Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian culture of Colombia, which consisted in a group of chiefdoms in the region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in present-day Cesar, Magdalena and La Guajira Departments of Colombia, South America, which goes back at least to the 1st century AD and had significant demographic growth around the 11th ...

  8. History of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Colombia includes its settlement by indigenous peoples and the establishment of agrarian societies, notably the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya Civilization, and Tairona Chiefdoms. The Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of annexation and colonization, ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada, with its capital ...

  9. Colombians - Wikipedia

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    Colombians ( Spanish: Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Colombian . Colombia is considered to be one of the most multiethnic societies ...