It is the fifth largest country in Latin America and home to the world's second largest population of Spanish-speaking people. Colombia is a land of extremes. Through its center run the towering, snow-covered volcanoes and mountains of the Andes. Tropical beaches line the north and west.
And there are deserts in the north and vast grasslands, called Los Llanos, in the east. Dense forests fill Colombia's Amazon Basin, which takes up nearly the country's entire southern half. Colombia's people are as varied as its landscape. Most citizens are descended from three ethnic groups: Indians, African people brought to Colombia to work as slaves, and European settlers.
This rich cultural mix makes the country's foods, music, dance, and art diverse and unique. With its vast rain forests, sprawling savannas, huge mountains, and 1, miles 2, kilometers of coastline on two oceans, Colombia is one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth. Even though it takes up less than one percent of the world's land area, about 10 percent of all animal species live in Colombia.
Much of Colombia's forest habitats have been undisturbed for many millions of years. This has given wildlife a chance to evolve into many different species. Animals from jaguars to caimans to poison dart frogs all call Colombia's jungles home. The mountains provide habitat for huge Andean condors and rare spectacled bears, South America's only bear species. Thousands of years ago, Colombia was nearly completely covered in jungle. But people have cleared most of the trees to create farmland, and now only a handful of areas have their original forests.
The government has set up several national parks to protect habitats, but damage to the environment continues. Colombia has a long history of democracy. Please try again with new dates. Almost done! You will now be directed to PayPal to complete the secure booking process.
You're so close to booking an amazing holiday in Colombia! Hi there, let us inspire you for your next holidays and get exclusive offers and updates on our latest tours! Colombian Culture: 10 Ways to Describe Colombians. May 26, , am Colombians, like their motherland, are a unique bunch of people.
Polite Colombians are extremely polite by nature, some regions more than others. Coffee Lovers Being one of Colombia's most famous national products, coffee is everywhere in Colombia, and Colombians can't get enough of it.
Happy Colombia was deemed the happiest country in the world in , and Colombians demonstrate that happiness all the time! People Centered Colombians as a whole put people before anything else. Regionalistic Now, this may seem a bit ironic considering I just described Colombians as nationalistic, but Colombians are both—nationalistic and regionalistic.
Family Centered and Oriented Just like coffee and soccer, Colombians also love their families. Clean Colombians are very clean. Creative Colombians are a very creative group of people.
Get to know this warm group of people during one of our exciting tours in Colombia! Share with your traveller friends! However, children can marry over the age of 12 with parental consent World Policy Center, Not many Colombians intend to be married early.
People generally wish to experience life without a partner for as long as possible before settling down and building a family. Despite the declining preference for marriage, Colombia has very high rates of young marriage.
This is largely because social factors such as the impacts of conflict, poverty and a lack of sexual education has led to a prevalence of early pregnancy. As of , roughly one in five women aged were pregnant or had already had a child World Bank, In these circumstance, people may marry quickly so they do not give birth out of wedlock which is looked down upon by the Catholic Church. According to the World Factbook, the median age for women to have their first child is Comparatively, Colombia has quite a low divorce rate.
This is partly because the Catholic Church generally discourages it. Marriage ceremonies and services usually follow the Roman Catholic tradition. However, some couples may choose to have a civil ceremony. There are a variety of cultural traditions for weddings; for example, the couple often has a candle ceremony whereby the bride and groom each light a candle which they use to light a third unity candle together, representing their union. The Colombian interpretation of Catholicism puts an emphasis on female purity through the idea of the Virgin Mary.
For some Colombians in the lower and middle classes, marriage is one of the only ways to achieve upward social mobility. Create your own Cultural Atlas with bookmarks, collections and a unified, searchable interface.
Join over organisations already creating a better workplace. You can download this cultural profile in an easy-to-read PDF format that can be printed out and accessed at any time. The figure of the total population of each country is drawn from the global estimates listed in the CIA World Factbook , unless otherwise stated. All other statistical information on the demographics of the migrant population in Australia is based on the Australian Housing and Population Census.
Colombian Culture. Core Concepts. Household Structure The family dynamic and household structure varies between social classes. Gender Roles Colombia has made significant progress towards gender equality over the past century.
Marriage and Dating Partnership and marriage varies between the different classes and continues to be influenced by the Catholic Church. Dates of Significance. Do's and Don'ts.
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