{"id":11624,"date":"2022-01-18T03:06:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T03:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/?p=11624"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:42:17","slug":"min-on-music-journey-no-46-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/zh-hant\/11624\/min-on-music-journey-no-46-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Min-On Music Journey No. 46: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Min-On\u2019s Music Journey! Today, the Min-On Concert Association and Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Japan welcome you to Venezuela, a country at the northern tip of the South American continent.<\/p>\n

Venezuela has about 2.4 times the land area of Japan, with a tropical climate and many different biomes. These include a wealth of natural environments, including the Caribbean Seacoast home to the modern capital of Caracas, wide open grassland fields, vast highlands in the Andes region, and savannas and tropical rain forests in the Guayana region.<\/p>\n

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\nSpectacular Table Mountain in Canaima National Park<\/em><\/p>\n

Canaima National Park<\/strong>, the world’s last frontier<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of Venezuela\u2019s greatest draws is the grandeur and uniqueness of its natural environments. World-renowned Canaima National Park is of particular interest, a treasure trove of natural splendor registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.<\/p>\n

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The park’s 30,000 square kilometers (about the size of Belgium) are home to unique ecosystems of flora and fauna, alongside many famous locations. For example, the Tabletop Mountains are a group of over 70 plateaus stretching across the oldest geological strata on earth. They have been worn away by erosion over the past 1.7 billion years, and today, they resemble massive \u201cHouses of the Gods\u201d resting on the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n

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The 2,560-meter-high Tabletop Mountain Auy\u00e1n-tepui is home to Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world\u2014a staggering 979 meters tall. Angel Falls is also famous because the water cascading down doesn’t form a basin at the bottom\u2014the distance is so great, the water completely turns to mist on the way down.<\/p>\n

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The capital of Caracas, a city filled with modern architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Venezuelan capital of Caracas is the birthplace of Latin American hero Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, who liberated five South American countries from colonial rule in the early 19th century. His attitude of embracing the principles of unity, justice, liberty, equality and democracy have long since embodied the character of the people of Caracas.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Caracas is very much a university-centric city with many modern buildings. The Central University of Venezuela, with buildings that pursue functional beauty and harmony, was also registered as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site in 2000 as a preeminent example of modern architecture.<\/p>\n

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As a large country, Venezuela has seen many different music genres become popular in each region. In the capital of Caracas, merengue was popular as the quintessential genre of urban music up until the first half of the 1900s. Merengue is well-known as dance music that spread throughout the Caribbean, but the Venezuelan style of merengue can be identified by its unique 5\/8 time.<\/p>\n

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We hope you\u2019ll enjoy this signature piece of Caracas-style merengue, “El Manguero,” performed by the Cheo Hurtado Ensemble and singer Pili Hernandez at a 2005 concert hosted by Min-On.<\/p>\n