CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Culture and Customs of COLOMBIA Raymond Leslie Williams and Kevin G. Guerrieri 12 and Culture Customs of Colombia Caribbean Sea c#ciuft*ProvlincQt 1. RjsaraWa 2. CaJdas 3. Cundnamarca 4. Qutndto 5 Tdima 6. DirtttoEapodaJ O1999mop*.com and Culture Customs of Colombia <^n^ Raymond Leslie Williams and Kevin G. Guerrieri Culture andCustoms ofLatinAmerica andthe Caribbean PeterStandish, SeriesEditor GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London CONNOLLY BRANCH — CN BR REF F2279 W55 . 999 L LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Williams,RaymondL. CultureandcustomsofColombia / RaymondLeslieWilliams,Kevin G.Guerrieri. — p. cm. (CultureandcustomsofLatinAmericaandthe Caribbean ISSN 1521-8856) Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. - )andindex. ISBN0-313-—30405-X(alk—.paper) — 1. Colombia Civilization 20thcentury. 2. Arts,Modern 20th century-Colombia. 3. Ar—ts,Colombian. 4. Popularculture Colombia. 5. Colombia Sociallifeandcustoms. I. Guerrieri, KevinG., 1970- . II. Title. III. Series. F2279.W55 1999 986.10635—dc21 98-51893 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright© 1999byRaymondLeslieWilliamsandKevinG.Guerrieri Allrightsreserved. Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:98-51893 ISBN:0-313-30405-X ISSN: 1521-8856 Firstpublishedin 1999 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.greenwood.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48-1984). 987654321 10 AllphotographsarecourtesyofRaymondLeslieWilliams. ForOttoMc Bet