Category Archives: South America

Major holiday festivities around the world

If you’re looking forward to breaking the monotony of a mundane life and are in pursuit of places where you could indulge in outdoor festivities, here are some holiday festivities around the world that you should witness – at least once in your lifetime.

An album lost in the Amazon: Juaneco y su Combo’s early jungle psychedelia music revived

In the early 1970s, a small and largely unknown city called Pucallpa, nestled in the heart of the Amazon jungle on the far side of the Peruvian Andes, was the birthplace of a genre of music that would become a regional phenomenon and a white whale for Latin music collectors many years later.

Road Less Traveled | Guyana

Guyana is by no means a popular tourist destination; however, this doesn’t mean you should avoid it. In case you’re a nature aficionado, Guyana will definitely indulge your hankering for the outdoors.

7 Cajas | Film Review (14th Havana Film Festival, NY Premiere)

The CLOSING NIGHT CEREMONY at the 14th Havana Film Festival in New York was worth every second!  On April 19th, 2013, The HAVANA STAR PRIZE went to 7 CAJAS.  The NY PREMIERE of the 100 min. winning Paraguayan film followed the ceremony.  Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori directed this energy-filled thriller. There was a director present …

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