If you ask someone about los Llanos — the plains region shared across Venezuela and Colombia — they might talk to you about cowboys. Or at least their modern-day equivalent: ranchers who ride ...

Venezuela's "joropo" -- a genre blending music, song and fast-paced partner dancing -- was named Tuesday as a UNESCO intangible cultural treasure. It has Indigenous, African and European roots and ...

Colombians prepare to celebrate important regional folkloric music and dance in the 44th International Joropo Tournament. Joropo is a musical style with African and European roots that resembles the ...

Los Llanos is a vast plain that stretches across the border of Venezuela and Colombia. And joropo is the music that sets the rhythm of daily life in a land of ranches and cattle herding. It's a ...

Joropo is a lively festive tradition resulting from the encounter between Indigenous People, Africans and Europeans. Its practice varies according to the regions: East, Guayana, The Andes, West ...

It has Indigenous, African and European roots and originated in plains along the border between Venezuela and Colombia. Joropo is performed to the sound of instruments including a harp, maracas and ...