Venezuela

A Caribbean and Andean country known for its devotional festivals, joropo music and Afro-Venezuelan drumming traditions.

Spirituality & rites Music & dance Food & cooking Textile & dress Language & oral

Knowledge in this place

Dancing Devils of Yare

Dancing Devils of Yare

A Corpus Christi ritual where masked dancers in red costumes perform as devils submitting to the Eucharist, inscribed by UNESCO.

Spirituality & rites

Joropo

The music and dance of the plains, played on harp, cuatro and maracas with rapid foot-tapping.

Barlovento Drums

Barlovento Drums

Afro-Venezuelan drumming and call-and-response singing from the coastal Barlovento region, central to the feast of San Juan.

Hallaca

A festive corn-dough parcel filled with stewed meats and wrapped in plantain leaves, prepared for Christmas.

Chinchorro Hammock Weaving

Chinchorro Hammock Weaving

The weaving of open-mesh cotton hammocks, a household craft strongly associated with the Wayuu and the plains.

Textile & dress

Warao Language

Warao Language

The language of the Warao people of the Orinoco Delta, spoken in stilt-house communities and at risk of decline.

Language & oral