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Tag: Culture
The Venezuelan Jazz Hippie That Never Stopped Reinventing Himself
At almost 81 years old, Gerry Weil releases an album plentiful of collaborations with young musicians, full of the innovative energy that made him one of the founders of Venezuelan jazz
Negligence Is Destroying a Venezuelan Architectural Treasure
Part of the concrete canopy of the famous corridors that connect the buildings of Ciudad Universitaria collapsed this morning
93 Stories to Understand Our Country’s Gastronomy
Geografía Gastronómica Venezolana, by Ramón David León, was published for the first time 66 years ago. It’s now available in English and in different reading formats
Salsa for My Frozen Heart
Living in Montreal, I don’t let go of the music that other immigrants like me created in New York City to fend off the cold during winter.
The Price of Being Viral: The Case of Alex Romero
A Venezuelan baseball player hit a catcher with a bat and became world famous. We talked to him about how a brief, infamous moment stained a brilliant career.
Caracas’ Public Museums: The Struggle for Survival
Although a visit to the Bellas Artes cultural circuit isn’t for the nostalgic, not everything is lost and there's a lot of its former glory still there.
The Slow Death of Zulian Cuisine
The shortage of ingredients, hyperinflation and forced migration has put this unique Venezuelan cuisine in danger.
Ghoul Nation Part IV: Everything You Wanted to Know About Venezuelan Folk Monsters, But Were Afraid to Ask
Each of the Venezuelan States has its own specific set of idiosyncrasies, their own very distinct way of communicating, eating, living and handling their affairs. Particular ghosts, monsters and creatures roam each region, as an army of dead that remind us of the violence, misery and dispair within each community.
Ghoul Nation Part III: Monsters from the Far West
In Western Venezuela, monsters, spirits and ghosts abound. Some of them roam our land to escape oblivion, keep trespassers at bay and communicate with the nature around them and protect it.
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