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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.
Journal de la Société des Américanistes XLIII:109-122; Barreto, Daisy J. & Pedro J. Rivas 2007. "Los Pumé (Yaruro)." In Salud Indígena en Venezuela, Vol. 2, edited by G. Freire and A. Tillet, pp. 247–329. Direccón de Salud Indígena, Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud, Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela, Caracas. Gragson, Ted L ...
The Natives of Cumaná attack the mission after Gonzalo de Ocampo's slaving raid. Colored copperplate by Theodor de Bry, published in the "Relación brevissima de la destruccion de las Indias". Around 13 000 BCE human settlement in the actual Venezuela were the Archaic pre-ceramic populations that dominated the territory until about 200 BCE.
Tambor is a coastal Afro-Venezuelan music and dance. It is a cultural manifestation originating in the slaves from Africa.The drums are of Kongo origin, as are most musical genres of Afro-Venezuelan origin.
(in Spanish) Indigenous Culture in Venezuela (in Spanish) De los timoto-cuicas a la invisibilidad del indigena andino y a su diversidad cultural (in Spanish) Caciques de Venezuela) Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine; Get to know Venezuela Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
The Piaroa people, known among themselves as the Huottüja or De'aruhua, are a South American indigenous ethnic group of the middle Orinoco Basin in present-day Colombia and Venezuela, living in an area larger than Belgium, roughly circumscribed by the Suapure, Parguaza (north), the Ventuari (south-east), the Manapiare (north-east) and the right bank of the Orinoco (west).
"Gloria al Bravo Pueblo" (pronounced [ˈɡloɾja al ˈβɾaβo ˈpweβlo]; lit. ' Glory to the Brave People ') is the national anthem of Venezuela.Its lyrics were written by physician and journalist Vicente Salias in 1810, set to music later composed by musician Juan José Landaeta.
The Panare, who call themselves E'ñepá, are an indigenous group of people living in the Amazonian region of Venezuela. Their heartland is located in the Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, while a smaller community lives in Northern Amazonas State. They speak the Panare language, which belongs to the Carib family.