Palenqueras of Cartagena: Preserving Afro-Colombian culture through food

Journalist Nathalie Basha spends a day in San Basilio de Palenque learning about how they are preserving their unique afro-colombian culture through food. San Basilio de Palenque was the first freed slave town in all of the Americas, so preserving their culture is crucial.
Nathalie Basha @Thetravelmuse
Reed Dunlea
FULL STORY
www.circa.com/story/2017/10/17/travel/palenqueras-help-preserve-afro-colombian-culture-in-cartagena

[@clintonmax823]

Love my people from Cameroon 🇨🇲 Central African

[@robertcuevas3602]

Clinton Max they are colombian not african

[@synde9663]

Robert Cuevas well colombian doesn’t even have a native blood they have the blood from the continent of Africa 😘🤝

[@von9589]

@@robertcuevas3602 they Originate from Africa You fool. Did you watch the video at all did you not here her say that they are trying to keep their African heritage alive

[@von9589]

@@robertcuevas3602 They look pretty damn African to me

[@wagnerbeaumont7778]

@@robertcuevas3602 They can have Colombian passport, but in Colombia, still ANNO 2020 most White Colombians do not consider them as part of the society! Same as the United States, and everywhere where my people arrived back in the day's.

[@debieanais314]

I love black women

[@silviagonzalez2264]

beautiful cartagena and palenqueras good people.

[@entrepreneurcity3317]

hey my African sisters n brothers we were dispersed throughout the earth but we remain vibrant and strong thanks for the vid nat

[@stalinvladimircabrera113]

Que viva Colombia 🇨🇴 y nuestra Herencia Africana, ! Que viva san Basilio de Palenque !! Que viva la Africanidad en America Latina !! Un saludo de su hermana República de El Salvador 🇸🇻 🌎🌍🇨🇴

[@rogeniajames3178]

And no what they say and no matter they do,wwe'll be always coming thru, so ride NATTY RIDE, ONE LOVE ONE HEART. COMING FROM YOUR COUSINS IN JAMAICA 💓💓💓💓

[@kellycelmira]

Nathali's favorite is also my favorite, I remember when I was a child that many pople loved the Alegria, but not me, I always went for the Cocadas, I'm from Cartagena, but the time I was most in contact with the palenque culture was the four years I lived in Coveñas, one of the best parts of my childhood for sure, in coveñas there was one palenquera in particular that always went specifically to our house because we always bought from her, She always called very loudly 'Mi Color!!' (My Color) to my dad, and me and my siblings ran out screaming 'Dad! cocadas, cocada!!!' hehehe

[@xavierwarren9799]

I love this, how the Palenque say it's not just theirs but all of Colombians responsibility to preserve the culture. It gives a sense of unity within the heritage. Not just African or Latin, rather we are together. Really makes me glad I visited Colombia and further motivates me to keep coming back!! Thanks for the information.

[@almarigney6429]

Thats so cool i cant wait to go back to colombia

[@momondiaye3148]

Saludos cordiales desde África senegal orgullosament ser negro

[@nylespollonais6308]

"not just a gimmick" I'm sure the editors/writers could've found a better way to express this point.

[@tantrarojo44]

Haha lol

[@janiellafay]

Exactly

[@Karen-dt6jb]

Love my country

[@petittall557]

Wow that older lady looks and talks exactly like some ladies I know in my country Senegal. Many sources say majority of Palenqueros are mainly from Guinea Bissau, Senegal and the other countries from West Africa. Very interesting!

[@nicandrogb2954]

Guinea-Bissau And Senegal we are brothers

[@petittall557]

That's true man, the country of Amilcar Cabral. Same country, same people with unnecessary borders!

[@thatlchiponda3368]

You west Africans claim everyone,palenqueros are from central Africa not west Africa as you claim..The language they are speaking it's Bantu language

[@congolaise6046]

@@thatlchiponda3368 true 🤣🤣🤣

[@nkkas7542]

Palenqueros are from Kingdom of Congo current Democratic republic of Congo, Angola. Congo - Brazzaville, and Gabon) and their exact tribe is Yombe but we call them Bayombe (Plural). Their language is mixed of Kikongo, kibundu (spoken in Angola) and spanish

[@MaMa-hw1gu]

My african brothers and sisters

[@ericedudzi6267]

It's very sweet, that's African food , we love ,our sisters and Brothers

[@duchessofautumn]

Latinidad is very beautiful and diverse

[@GoldenTyanna]

A stranger told me I looked Columbian and now I’m here 😂

[@mickeymicrua3667]

You do. You are beautiful!!

[@Karen-dt6jb]

Colombia is the best we have black people and great people and food and music and everything

[@davidf.4691]

Colombia magia.

[@ChrisBCartagena]

Interesting...

[@kwameasimah]

The AU should invite them to their meetings

[@johanrodriguez7147]

Fun fact: The town does not accept being "influenced" by colombian urban planning, which means they don't want a city hall, but an interpretation of that based on their culture. Which is a town "assembly", this is why the town counts with many services, like water, and drinkable water but an " africanized way of life" with unpaved roas, ect

[@sereroserera367]

Johan Rodriguez slight prejudice here. Unpaved roads are not African as you imply but just a lack of modernity. Africa today is full of paved roads and every country in the world has unpaved roads.

[@freelive9654]

@Pa ca israelites?

[@thatlchiponda3368]

@Pa ca You must be African American who claim to be Israeli not African descendant

[@robertcuevas3602]

Pa ca mestiza how you called are also african by a high % stupidii

[@joneschristopher409]

My. People from congo origins ❤️

[@elongreen8566]

Is this the journalist from not? She is cool!!

[@thatlchiponda3368]

They came from central Africa

[@luchitocastillo8188]

❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Los negros de habla hispana preservando su herencia africana por todos los medios necesarios.

[@hajiabdalla5772]

Habari gani

[@Tmaria-wn3hc]

mzuri sana lol

[@congolaise6046]

Mzuri

[@nkkas7542]

Mzuri, niko bien . Habari yako wewe?

[@seamossoahu]

Ive had alegria. Way too sweet for me.

[@mariologiste4880]

"Me asen yamar" in Spanish would be "they say I'm called" or "they call me". It's funny because I can understand certain words but not the whole phrase

[@benyahudi1233]

Why they call it Spanish when it is really Latin? There was Jews at the Pentecost who spoke Latin before speaking in hebrew tongue.

[@remoteworkqueen]

Lmao

[@MrSivram28]

Go back to school

[@nkkas7542]

Latin is a Roman language and Spanish better known as Caslelano or Castilian derived from Latin language and it s spoken in Spain.

[@user-sp4bq3wc8d]

Black people every where

[@MrSivram28]

They're Latinos not black

[@Tmaria-wn3hc]

they themselves say that they are black and their culture is african

[@MrSivram28]

@@Tmaria-wn3hc I know. I'm just trolling people who say Latino is a race. lol

[@chinchanchou]

Somos hispanos, no latinos.... hispanic we speak spanish and spanish culture not latin latins was the rome and your language.... latin was a name who invent the french when justifica the invasion in México in XIX