Max Aya Park was the epicenter of culture, dance, and joy

For the fourth consecutive year, UCundinamarca held the Colombian Folk Dance Festival with the participation of dance groups from the department.

Max Aya Park, known as the Rotonda, was the cultural epicenter of dance and joy at the IV UCundinamarca Colombian Folk Dance Festival.

In this setting, more than 400 people, including the general community and students, enjoyed dance performances from the department and different regions of the country, such as currulao, bambuco cundinamarqués, mapalé, san juanito, pasillo, rumba campesina, Joropo, Tambora, Fandango, among others.

The groups participating in the institutional event were Fundación Arte y Folclor, from the municipality of Granada; Escuelas el Dorado, from Guatavita; the Yambori group, Muñecos de Barro and Senderos de Fusagasugá; and the dance groups from the branches in Chía, Facatativá, Fusagasugá, Girardot and Soacha.

The jury was made up of José Guillermo Laguna, an artist specializing in Colombian folk music and dance, choreographer and researcher, specialist in Folklore Pedagogy, workshop facilitator and Master in Cultural Anthropology and Latin American Folklore; Omar Felipe Lanza Rodríguez, a graduate in Dance and Theater, specialist in Educational Play, also a researcher and choreographer; and Julián Herrera Cantor, from the municipality of Sibaté, a dancer and graduate in Art Education, and specialist in Dance.

TOP: El Dorado School – Municipality of Guatavita

SECOND PLACE: Clay Dolls – Municipality of Fusagasugá

THIRD PLACE: UCundinamarca – Facatativá Extension

Best Dancer: Juan Carlos Valencia from UCundinamarca – Facatativá Extension

Best Dancer: Erika Valentina Bautista from El Dorado School – Municipality of Guatavita

During the awards ceremony, the University Welfare Department presented trophies for first, second, and third place, along with redeemable vouchers from external sponsors such as Éxito, Centro Comercial Manila, Ecoparque Chinauta, and Moldeart Spa in Fusagasugá.

Furthermore, within the framework of the event, the workshop “Raising awareness about identity, national values, the torbellino and the criolla rumba in Santander” was carried out, led by José Guillermo Laguna, a judge of the event.

The cultural event, led by the University Welfare Department, aimed to highlight the roots of our country and promote the integration and participation of students through the exchange of artistic knowledge.

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