European and Colombian aficionados of "bambuco" music give their perspectives on whether this Colombian genre has European influences.

At Colombia's Mono Núñez music festival, native Colombians and foreigners alike share their deep love for traditional Colombian music.

Singing in Nasa Yuwe, their native language, is one way in which Colombia's indigenous Nasa population strives to preserve and make more visible their language, culture and customs.

Mario learns that diversity at the Mono Núñez Festival extends beyond the various Colombian musicians, as English people seem to enjoy Andean music as much as Colombians do!

Festivaliando continues its behind-the-scenes peek at the music, performers and attendees of the famed Mono Núñez Festival in Ginebra, Valle de Cauca, Colombia.

Colombians at the Mono Núñez Festival in Cali talk about their objectives for attending it, among them the importance of preserving traditional Colombian rhythms in a period in which their mainstream popularity is waning.

At Colombia's Mono Núñez music festival, many indigenous musical instruments can be heard. Learn about some of them in this video.

Native Colombians speak about the importance of taking pride in their traditional music as well as its influences as they look forward to celebrating it at a festival.

This last part of the series on Tayrona Natural National Park identifies the conflict between conserving and embracing the local fishermen, business owners, etc. as a fundamental part of the park and the fact that, despite having been there before the park was even a park, they are considered to be living there illegally.

A seasoned fisherman tells us about some tricks of his trade as well as what it is like to practice it in a protected area such as Tayrona Natural National Park.

In this fifth part of the series about Colombia's Tayrona Park, we learn how the San Rafael "posadas" (tourist inns) have been enlightening and life-changing for locals and tourists alike.

Part four of this seven-part series about Colombia's Tayrona National Park explains a bit about the importance of its coral reefs and how they are studied.

María Cecilia continues her exploration of Tayrona Park, embarking upon her first scuba dive to explore its underwater ecosystem.

In part two of this seven part series about Colombia’s Tayrona Park, María Cecilia Sánchez escapes her frenetic city life to explore this natural national park from the standpoint of nature conservation, enlisting the help of field expert, José Castro, who explains geographic, historical and touristic aspects of the park's terrestrial ecosystem.

After a dramatic, illegal entrance into a Colombian world heritage site, the Tayrona Natural National Park, our hostess explains the reasons why this is damaging to the park's ecosystems as well as giving us an introduction to the many adventures that await us in future episodes of this seven-part series.