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The religion involves possessions, drumming, healing ceremonies, and others. Venezuelan Yuyu is an Afro-Diasporic religion from Venezuela that originates from West African Vodun, Yoruba Isese and Kongo religion. The original religion is still practiced by some rural communities on the Caribbean coast of Central and Western Venezuela but it has ...
Another group of whites who were born in Venezuela were originally called "Creole", representing 20% of the population: they were mostly from the Canary Islands and they worked mainly in petty trade. The other two smaller groups were the original inhabitants and indigenous blacks brought from Africa: they were about 5% of the population.
Pedro Camejo (better known as Negro Primero, or The First Black) (1790–1821), lieutenant at the Venezuelan war of independence Agostino Codazzi (1793–1859), Italian born, military officer, cartographer, former governor of Barinas
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4] the total population was 28,199,867 in 2021, compared to only 5,482,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 29.5%, 64.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.6% was 65 years or older.
A Black man named Esteban el Negro (Steven the Black), a North African Moor from Spain, searched for the fabled city of Cíbola with Cabeza de Vaca. Veracruz, Campeche, Pánuco and Acapulco were the main ports for the entrance of African slaves. In the past, offspring of Black African/Amerindian mixtures were called jarocho (wild pig), chino or ...
The 2024 Venezuelan blackouts were a series of interruptions to Venezuela's electrical service nationwide. The interruptions began on 27 August with a blackout that affected 12 states in the country at around 7:12 pm VET, [1] [2] lasting until service restorations began at approximately 8:30 pm. [3] On 30 August, another blackout was recorded that left more than 20 states in the country ...
In Venezuela, like other South American countries, economic inequality often breaks along ethnic and racial lines. [17] A 2013 Swedish academic study stated that Venezuela was the most racist country in the Americas, [ 17 ] followed by the Dominican Republic .
Miguel Cabrera – Venezuelan baseball player; Ilia Calderón – journalist; Tego Calderón – reggaeton singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor; Mariah Carey – American musician and actress; John Carlos – former track and field champion, best known for his 1968 Olympics Black Power salute; Matt Cedeño – actor and former model