https://doi.org/10.25058/20112742.n32.12
Alba Stella Camelo Mayorga
Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3766-3054
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia
acamelo@unicolmayor.edu.co
Martha del Socorro Posada Torres
Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-4335
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia
marthaposada18@hotmail.com
Abelino Andrés Arrieta Sánchez
Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-7589
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia
abdier64@gmail.com
Abstract:
This paper presents some cultural practices that help build identity and a sense of community among Afro-Colombian people living in the area of Suba (Bogotá, Colombia). The community under study is made up for their most part by Afro-Colombian immigrants, coming from rural areas, mainly the department of Choco. These migrants are immersed in a process of adaptation and integration to urban culture. They keep some identity traits from their places of origin, which are sustained by religious, gastronomic, and musical practices. Contact with indigenous and mestizo populations in the new geographic settings allows for building new intercultural relations, imaginaries and symbols over the foundations of their various ancestral cultures.
Keywords: cultural practices, identity, community.
