Visit to Palenque: a town stablished by run away slaves (First free town in the America’s) where we learn music, dance,culture, way of living with big African roots. Lunch included. Private tour ( 5 hours aprox).
San Basilio de Palenque, is a town of the region of Bolivar located 60 minutes from Cartagena. It was declared Cultural and Intangible Heritage of Humanity for being the first slave town of America to be considered free. San Basilio de Palenque, was the refuge of many black people who were enslaved who in the sixteenth century fled from the Spanish inhabitants of the city of Cartagena. And under the command of Benkos Biohó they achieved their freedom.
Palenques were palisades built by Africans to take refuge from those who persecuted them. This Colombian town, still keep many of the African cultural traditions, such as language, social organization, cultural rites, medical practices, dance and food, all due to the isolation in which the people live. In this town they have developed their own language, a mixture of African, Spanish and Portuguese languages called PALENQUERO
