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Its value exceeds the monetary gain that the conquistadores had due to silver and gold, and is the most important world grain. Its production worldwide is over 800 million tons, and is the primary ingredient in animal feed, human food, artificial sweeteners, and even gasoline. For example, maize is still the basis of much of Mexican cuisine. [3]
Colombian cuisine is a culinary tradition of six main regions within Colombia [1] (Insular, Caribbean, Pacific, Andean, Orinoco, and Amazonian). Colombian cuisine varies regionally and is influenced by Indigenous Colombian , Spanish , [ 2 ] and African cuisines, [ 3 ] with a slight Arab influence in some regions.
The Quimbaya Poporo, gold, attributed to the pre-Columbian Quimbaya civilization in the Andean region of present-day Colombia, ca. 300 CE. A Poporo is a device used by indigenous cultures in present and pre-Columbian South America for storage of small amounts of lime produced from burnt and crushed sea-shells.
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Inga feuilleei, where not the seeds yet the fruit was eaten [20] Curcubita maxima and Curcubita pepo, pumpkins, earliest evidence from Zipacón already 3860 BCE [21] Capsicum sp, such as C. pubescens, C. annuum, C. frutens, C. baccatum, peppers were common in the Americas and in Colombia, mainly product of trading with the U'wa (Tunebos) [22] [23]
Sopa de mondongo (also known as Chas) is a soup that originally came from Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.It is made from diced tripe (the stomach of a cow or pig or a Chas) slow-cooked with vegetables such as bell peppers, onions, carrots, cabbage, celery, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic or root vegetables.
Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1, every year) is a non-secular (i.e., not a replacement for Christmas) holiday celebrated by Black Americans, as well as Afro-Caribbeans and others of African ...
Map of pre-Columbian cultures Poporo Quimbaya in the Gold Museum, Bogotá Colombia Seated gold figure from the Museo de América (Museum of America). Quimbaya artifacts refer to a range of primarily ceramic and gold objects surviving from the Quimbaya civilisation, one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern ...