Barlovento

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Barlovento is a coastal region in central Venezuela known for its strong Afro-Venezuelan cultural heritage, especially its music, dance, and religious traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
region
borders Caribbean Sea
celebratesFestival Corpus Christi festivities
Fiesta de San Juan
climate tropical
coastType Caribbean coastline
country Venezuela
culturalInfluenceFrom Central Africa
West Africa
ethnicHeritage African diaspora
hasAgriculturalProduct cacao
coconut
plantain
hasBeach Higuerote beaches
Rio Chico beaches
hasCulturalExpression call-and-response singing
processional drumming
hasCulturalHeritage Afro-Venezuelan culture
linked to: Afro-Venezuelans
hasMunicipality Acevedo Municipality
Andrés Bello Municipality
Brión Municipality
hasTown Curiepe
Higuerote
Rio Chico
historicalActivity African slave labor during colonial period
cacao plantations
knownFor Afro-Venezuelan dance
Afro-Venezuelan music
Afro-Venezuelan religious traditions
drumming traditions
festivals
language Spanish
locatedIn Miranda state
central Venezuela
musicInstrument cumaco drum
fulía drums
mina drum
partOf Caribbean coast of Venezuela
regionOf Afro-Venezuelan cultural production
religiousTradition Catholicism with African influences
devotion to San Juan Bautista
significance major center of Afro-descendant culture in Venezuela
tourismType beach tourism
cultural tourism
traditionalDance Afro-Venezuelan ritual dances
traditionalMusic Afro-Venezuelan drumming
sangueo

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