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CARIBBEAN REGION WILDER JULIAN
ARIAS HERNANDEZ ANYELA ORTIZ
MARIA FERNANDA DELGADO
CLAUDIA PAOLA LUNA
ROCIO ROZO
GRADE : 11TH INSTITUTO TECNICO PATIOS
CENTRO N°2 SEDE LA SABANA
WELCOME TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION, ENJOY HIS NATURAL
BEAUTIES AND HELP TO PRESERVE HIS NATURAL
RESOURCES
CARIBBEAN
REGION
CARIBBEAN REGION
• The Caribbean región is famous for its beaches. The local people earn their living from tourism cattle raising, banana growing, Coal mining at cerrejón, and The manuare Salt mines.
The manuare Salt mines.
Coal mining at cerrejón
banana growing
• Typical local dishes are coconut rice, cassava roll, and cornmeal roll with an egg inside.
Typical local dishes
Coconut rice
corn meal roll with an egg inside.
cassava roll
The proximity to the atlantic ocean makes sea food a staple. It includes shrimp, lobster ,crab and oysters. fresh and saltwater fish include snapper, spanish mackerel, sea bass,mojarra, and bocachico a small mouthed fish.
lobster crab
sea food
oysters
shrimp
other popular foods are plantains, guineo ( small green plantain) corn to make arepas and tamale masa, and white rice.
foods and drinks typical of the atlantic coast.
in the atlantic region's most representative dishes are sancocho de bagre a soup made of this fish , viuda de pescado, fried bocachico ,arroz con coco , cocadas , and buñuelos de maiz or corn fritters. also, people in the atlantic coast , specifically la guajira, eat carne de chivo or goat meat in small pieces .Drinkings of the atlantic coast : fresh fruit , juices made of oranges ,bananas ,lemons, mangoes,guanabana,pineapple,watermelon etc.also having suero ,a kind of sour yogurt you put on yucca, fried plantains or arepa.
Typical dancesTypical dances are the cumbia, vellenato, porro and mapalé.
DANCES OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION
The cumbia
vallenato
Porro
mapalé
CARTAGENA
CARTAGENA IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR TOURIST SITES OF THE CARIBBEAN. UNESCO DECLARED IT TO BE A HUMAN HERITAGE CITY .THIS IS A COLONIAL CITY WITH FINE BEACHES AND HISTORICAL SITES BRINGING BACK MEMORIES OF ITS FIRST INHABITANTS .
SANTA MARTA
LESS THAN TWO HOURS AWAY FROM CARTAGENA IS SANTA MARTA, THIS IS WHERE THE LIBERTADOR SIMON BOLIVAR DIED IN THE HOUSE CALLED SAN PEDRO ALEJANDRINO.IN SANTA MARTA WE FIND THE REDADERO BEACHES, A FAVOURITE PLACE FOR PRACTICING AQUATIC SPORTS.NEARBY IS THE TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK, A ZONE FULL OF ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURES.
San Pedro Alejandrino
House where the libertador simón bolívar died
Other Tourist Sites
TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK
THE RODADERO BEACHES
SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA
LA GUAJIRA
FOLLOWING THE SAME ROUTE WE REACH LA GUAJIRA, WHERE THE SEA ,BEACH AND DESERT COMBINE TO OFFER us BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
La Guajira
IMPORTANT PROJECTS HERE ARE THE CERREJON COAL MINES, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, THE MANAURE SALT MINES AND CABO DE LA VELA, THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF OUR COUNTRY.
IMPORTANT SITES
CABO DE LA VELA
THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF OUR COUNTRY
THE CERREJON COAL MINES
WE FINISH THIS RAPID TRIP THROUGH OUR CARIBBEAN REGION WITH THE SUNNY BEACHES OF TOLÚ AND COVEÑAS, AND BARRANQUILLA ONE OF THE MAIN OCEAN PORTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.
BEACHES OF TOLÚ AND COVEÑAS
BARRANQUILLATHE CARIBBEAN IS FAMOUS FOR TOURISM AND THE CARNIVALS THAT TAKE PLACE ALL YEAR ROUND.THE MAIN ONES ARE: THE CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA, THE SEA FAIR
THE CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA
Colombia’s golden Gate
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REGION
THANKS.
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