Cumbia on Klompen: Pereira, New Year 2009

Cumbia on Klompen???

Many Dutch people might not know what "Cumbia" is. And many Colombian people don't have a clue what "Klompen" means. Here finally the explaination!
For all the Dutch: Cumbia is a type of Latin-American dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa and using guitars, accordions, bass guitar, and percussion. For this dance, the man wear a hat as shown below.
For all the Colombians: "Klompen" (clog in English) is a typical Dutch foot wear. It's a type of shoe or sandal made predominantly out of wood. Nowadays, klompen (like the pair you see below) is just worn by farmers.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Pereira, New Year 2009

First of all, best wishes for 2009!!! We just came back from a week in Eje Cafetéro, where we have been up close and personal with the best coffee beans in the world. We stayed at a house with the Sampedro´s to relax at the pool, enjoy some wines and aguardientes, and celebrate the New Year. Click on the image below to see all the pictures.

Now the count down has started for the next trip, a road trip with Bas and Natália to the coast of Colombia! Anyway, lot´s of plans so keep an eye on this site because pics and video´s will be posted of course!

Hectór and Ellen

Cumbia on Klompen