Barlovento

E947838

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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Barlovento canonical 1

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Statements (48)

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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