where cowboys sing to their cattle,
the jungles of the Pacific echo with
the sweet sounds of the marimba and
dancefloors shake to the beat of cumbia,
reggaeton and champeta.Colombia’s musical diversity is so great
that is has been called “the country of
a thousand rhythms” —1,025, divided
between more than 150 different musical
genres, to be exact.Just as the country’s world-leading
biodiversity is a product of its five exotic
regions —the Caribbean, Pacific, Andes,
Amazon and Eastern Plains— its musical
diversity also stems from a complex
geographical blend of cultures and
traditions. Cumbia music, for example,
mixes both African and Indigenous
instruments and musical traditions to form
a genre that is uniquely Colombian.From the wild heart of the Amazon
rainforest to the windswept deserts
of the Caribbean coast, Colombians live
and breathe rhythm and melody, and there’s
no better way to discover the heart of this
vibrant country than through its music.Welcome
to Colombia,
Land of
a Thousand
Rhythms
PARTNER CONTENT FOR COLOMBIACocora Valley, Colombia.