miércoles, 17 de marzo de 2010

Culture


CULTURE
Theater festival in bogota
An enormous event on Colombia's cultural calendar, the biennial Bogotá Latin American Theatre Festival fills the capital with theatre, dance, street shows, circus, puppetry and more. Over 100 theatre companies from across the globe perform at indoor and outdoor venues, one of the largest performing arts festivals in the whole world. It became a reality in 1988. It was founded by Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio, and launched as part of the 450th anniversary of the founding of Bogotá, with the slogan, An Act of Faith in Colombia. One of its original goals was to foster the integration of Latin American artists and countries before the world. Fourteen years later, it is acknowledged worldwide as one of the largest international events of its kind. This biannual celebration of life is Colombia’s most important cultural event. It presents artists from the five continents and has a profound social impact that transforms and enriches the life of the country’s citizens. This year the festival will have many invited countries, with deferent plays are going to be awesome. Coffe is colombias second best known export and café culture is a big part of day to day life in bogota. As a person who lives in bogota we are constantly discovering fantastic new coffe shops and obsolutly love the fact that stabucks isn’t the only option. Tinto can be bought almost anywhere in fact even in sidewalks vendor will be glad to sell you a cup of black coffee. There are plenty of great neighborhood coffee shops in Colombia’s capital, ranging from i

nexpensive cigarrerias to high-end European-style cafes. So if you’re in Bogota for a couple of days (or long-term) you may want to check out some of our favorite spots below. the culture in colombia is awsome and different we recomend you to give it a try it will amaze you

www.festivaldeteatro.com.co/

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