Lets talk about Colombia

[Oriani]

I like Shakira and Juanes a lot. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw an article about Shakira in my Spanish textbook. And Juanes, he is just awesome


Guys, I need your help with something. Have you heard a song by Romanian band called Akcent? I am taking about this
song

Before I saw the video, I though that they are singing: Yo quiero un momento contigo
But in the video it says that the name of the song in Jokero. I found the lyrics, and there it also says jokero. I feel stupid because just a few days ago I was persuading my brother that they are singing yo quiero. And what is jokero anyway?

And also how to translate in English: sentir tu voz

Thanks

Wow..Jokero?? It's almost the same pronounciation of "you quiero".. I cann see you have a great ear because you could analize "yo quiero" immediately!!!

( sentir tu voz= feeling your voice) Oh sweet

[Cypress]

( sentir tu voz= feeling your voice) Oh sweet

Ohh, yeah, that's so easy. Thanks, Oriani I just mixed up the words voz and vos 'cause they sound the same.

[Alekxa]

Juanes is great. Recently one of his song was used in a movie from USA. I don´t know remember the name of the picture. Do you know it Alekxa??
POst any photo of Juanes or a lyric please

“Rosario Tijeras” is the name of a Juanes’ song from the soundtrack of a Colombian movie that has the same name.

This is the place where u and everybody can see more about one of my favorite singers, JUANES:

http://www.juanes.net/archive/noticias.cfm?language=en

[Cypress]

We know already that Colombia has great singers. But what about authors? I know a great Colombian writer. His name is Gabriel García Márquez. I think he is one of the men Colombia should be proud of. But what about others? Who can tell us about Colombian authors and their books?

[Alekxa]

We know already that Colombia has great singers. But what about authors? I know a great Colombian writer. His name is Gabriel García Márquez. I think he is one of the men Colombia should be proud of. But what about others? Who can tell us about Colombian authors and their books?

Another Colombian novelist could be Jorge Isaacs, who is best known for his romantic novel María (1867).

And José Asunción Silva, known for his fluid use of traditional and new verse forms as well as his melancholy and spirituality that we can see in his poems. Both of them colombian old authors.

[Alekxa]

:arrow: Bogota houses the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, the biggest theater festival in the world every two years.
Bogota is also known as "La Atenas Suramericana," the South American Athens, given the locals' penchant for education and manners.
In 2007, Bogota is World Capital of Books.
The city also celebrates the Feria Internacional del Libro, one of the three main book fairs of the Spanish-speaking Americas.
Bogotanos are particularly proud of their Spanish, known for the clarity of its diction.
The highest building in the city is the Colpatria Tower.
The motto of the city is "2600 metres closer to the stars" (in reference its altitude above sea level).
A crater on the moon is named after famous bogotano astronomer Julio Garavito.
The city has institutionalized a day without cars on the streets, called "El Dia sin Carro" (The Day without Cars). It takes place every first Thursday of February.

[Elba]

The city has institutionalized a day without cars on the streets, called "El Dia sin Carro" (The Day without Cars). It takes place every first Thursday of February.

Great, you only mustto to be without any car one time in a year, but at México City there is a program called "Today not car". That mean that if the number of your car finish with 0, 1, 2 you can´t use it Monday, if the number is 3,4,5 you musto not to used friday, etc.
That´s in order to not contaminate the air.

[Alekxa]

The city has institutionalized a day without cars on the streets, called "El Dia sin Carro" (The Day without Cars). It takes place every first Thursday of February.

Great, you only mustto to be without any car one time in a year, but at México City there is a program called "Today not car". That mean that if the number of your car finish with 0, 1, 2 you can´t use it Monday, if the number is 3,4,5 you musto not to used friday, etc.
That´s in order to not contaminate the air.

Hi Elba
So we have the same program for each day but we have it not only to get a clean air but also to control the traffic road. In my country that program is called "pico y placa": pico= the "peak hour" It is when there are a lot of cars on the streets. "placa"= the number of the car.

[Elba]

The our countries have similarities.
I have thinking that Latinamerica is not a continent but also a country, we are the same.

[Alekxa]

When:
Oct 2007 (annual)
Opening Hours:
1pm-9pm

Rock al Parque (Rock in the Park) in Bogotá is the biggest and best annual rock festival in Latin America. Three hundred thousand people squeeze into Parque Simón Bolivar to enjoy 3 days of music.

Bogotá's rock fans can enjoy a wide variety of international, national and local bands performing for free.
The festival began in 1995, attracting around 50,000 fans. Past performers include Manu Chao, inventors of the ska sound The Skatalites, Kinky from Mexico, the rocking Robi Draco Rosa, the masters of Colombian dance music Sidestepper and Andrea Echeverry from Aterciopelados.

My favorite bands in these last years from the rock festival are "Kraken", "The black Cat Bone" and "La Pestilencia", all of them from Colombia. I like "Manu Chao" from France and "Apocalyptica" from Finland.