South America is the world's fourth largest continent on Earth, and the fifth most populous.

Europeans explored South America beginning in the late fifteenth century, and he continent was named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci who is believed to have recognized it as a separate continent. Located primarily in the southern hemisphere, with a few countries in the northern hemisphere, South America is comprised of twelve independent countries and three territories.

 

 

Arts and Crafts of Colombia

Close to one million people in Colombia earn a living directly or indirectly from the country’s vibrant arts and crafts sector. A significant contributor to the national economy, the sector counts some 350,000 artisans, approximately 60 percent of whom are from rural and indigenous areas, and 65 percent of whom are women. The richness and diversity of the country’s arts and crafts was on display at a unique exhibition at WIPO headquarters from September 25 to October 12, which was organized jointly by WIPO and the Colombian Government.

The exhibits were drawn from the collection of Artesanías de Colombia, a government institution responsible for the promotion and development of the country's artisanal and craft sector. The Colombian government encourages artisans to use the intellectual property system as a means of protecting their creative works and obtaining just remuneration for their efforts, while also preserving the country's national patrimony for future generations.

SAILING POETRY

Proximity in Time(Spanish)

 (Tu presencia son infinitos crespitos convertidos en espumitas

van y vienen

La orilla me recuerda el infinito

el agua el olor ,el viento ,es el mar, levantando mi Mirada

encontrandote en el Azul

 crespito blanco que se junta una y otra vez en la orilla.

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Open window (English)


Out of the window a sea.
Come out in the sun.
We are watchers in the shade.
We like speak face to face .
Come to my window
Sweet is the night-air!.
Come !
Hears the sound of the sea as the eternal note of sadness.
From my open window
I can see you.
Come !
We can see together the harbor garden-fair
The curving like crescent moon
Come to my window
Where my heart is far away!.

Key Largo,Fl

Galapagos Island

Grenada Island

ENCUENTRO DE ARTISTAS NORTE-SUR –UNA MIRADA A SURAMERICA- CHARLESTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Barry Mercer/Photo

The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, also known as the New Cooper River Bridge Charleston SC,US

Charleston SC, is one of the longest and most diverse community in the United States. The physical settlement begin in 1663 through modern times.
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"Para mí, una de las revoluciones no fracasadas de este siglo
ha sido la revolución de las mujeres:
si no ha cambiado toda la historia de la humanidad,
sí ha cambiado la convivencia
y las relaciones sociales, políticas y familiares".
– Cristina Peri Rossi (Bergero 87)
For me, one of the failed revolutions of this century no
has been the women's revolution:
if you have not changed the whole history of mankind,
what has changed is the coexistence
and the social, political and family relationships. "

CHARLESTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY  /-CHARLESTONS S.C. 

 

Purpose of Event:
Cultural diversity: the common heritage of mankind.
Culture takes diverse forms across time and
space. This diversity is embodied in the uniqueness and
plurality of the identities of the groups and
societies

Koïchiro Matsuura