The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Bogotá's Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Pontífica Javeriana . 4. Culture Colombians take great pride in their cultural achievements . Bogotá has been called the " Ath- ens of Latin America , " in reference especially to ...
... Bogotá's Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Pontífica Javeriana . 4. Culture Colombians take great pride in their cultural achievements . Bogotá has been called the " Ath- ens of Latin America , " in reference especially to ...
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... Bogotá . Performing Arts . Colombia's music is highly distinctive . The country's folk music reflects the people in a variety of moods and from many dif- ferent areas . Many of the rhythms are derived from a combination of Indian music ...
... Bogotá . Performing Arts . Colombia's music is highly distinctive . The country's folk music reflects the people in a variety of moods and from many dif- ferent areas . Many of the rhythms are derived from a combination of Indian music ...
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... Bogotá . Further , Bogotá had great difficul- ty in maintaining effective control over the lead- ers in the other parts of the country . The captaincy general , while not a center of Spanish colonization like Mexico or Peru , was not a ...
... Bogotá . Further , Bogotá had great difficul- ty in maintaining effective control over the lead- ers in the other parts of the country . The captaincy general , while not a center of Spanish colonization like Mexico or Peru , was not a ...
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