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Velorio de Cruz de Mayo, drawing by Anton Goering (1892) Another very popular music in Venezuela is the Gaita Zuliana. This genre originated from the region of Zulia State and is very popular during the Christmas season. The gaita united to the Aguinaldo, conforms the national representation of the Venezuelan Christmas.
Procession of the Virgin, Cruz de Mayo, Sama de Grado, Asturias, Spain. Cross of the Hermandad de la Cruz de la Calle La Fuente. Rociana del Condado, Province of Huelva. Aguilar de la Frontera (Province of Córdoba). There is a procession of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios from the Iglesia de la Veracruz ("Church of the True Cross") in the ...
The term fulía refers to a variety of folk genres in Venezuela generally performed as part of the vigils of the Cruz de Mayo. [1] [2] Of these genres, there are two that are especially prominent: the fulía central (spanning the coastal areas of the Capital, Central, and Central-Western regions, notably Barlovento) [3] and the fulía oriental (Spanish:"Eastern fulía") or cumanesa (Spanish ...
The national symbols of Venezuela are the flag, the coat of arms, and the national anthem. [1] Since Venezuela's diversity of flora and fauna is remarkable, the government also officially declared these national symbols: [2] The national flower is the orchid Cattleya mossiae, known as flor de Mayo ("May flower").
The newspaper was launched in 1951 as Voz Caribe, a weekly newspaper.It was relaunched as a daily, under the new name El Tiempo, following the restoration of democracy after the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état. [2]
Anselmo López (April 21, 1934 – February 14, 2016) was one of the most important bandola llanera players in Venezuela. He is the creator of the Jalao (Spanish for "pull") technique, which applies a technique derived from the classical guitar to the bandola llanera. In the jalao, the thumb and index fingers hold the plectrum to pick the ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.
El Velorio, oil on canvas, 1889; Museo Nacional de Arte. José María Jara (1866–1939) was a Mexican painter from Orizaba, Veracruz, whose works were mostly dedicated to capturing Mexican folk customs. He was a noted student of Santiago Rebull, José Salomé Pina and José María Velasco.