Villanueva, Colombia
Apr 07, 2022
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FRANCESCO LASTRUCCI // PHOTOGRAPHER
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parade passes a mural depicting the story music in Villanueva, a small town in the northern La Guajira department. An upbeat style of folk music from Colombia’s Caribbean coast, has its roots in the region’s farming communities and blends European and Indigenous instruments with nostalgic, playful lyrics. With a show of colourful costumes, the parade passed the house I was staying in while working in the region. While balancing a beer in one hand, a neighbour helped me up onto a wall, where I managed to photograph this electric scene as it proceeded through the town.
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