I fine some interesting and unusual traditions in marriage and engagement  around the world. For they is normal but in my culture it will be strange. In Tujia, China, tears of love before the wedding  will bring good luck for the future spouses. The bride should cry for at least one hour a day, a month before the bond. How they do?, interresting. If  you  are confuise about  when you  want to get marri, you can use the costume of Daur, China. The day of the  weedding depends on the health of an animal. There is a tradition that couples who are engaged have to dissect a chicken and see the state of their liver. If this is healthy, the couple can set a date for the link and if not, they will have to find another healthy liver. In the other hand if  you are worry about the future condition as a couple, in Gales the groom ensure to his bride that she never going to be hungry. The groom give to his future wife a carved wooden spoon as  a simbol of this. If you want something different you can choose one of these options for your wedding. 

One  of my favourite film is Embrace of the Serpent. It is a Colombian film with a Colombian Director and takes place in the Amazon of Colombia. It is an art film in black and white. The Embrace of the Serpent is a unique and special film in the sense that the film is true history although it looks unreal. It is an anthropological and  history film around Amazonian native communities. The Amazonian mythology involve a gigantic anaconda snake depicting an extraterrestrial life that came to  earth to give native the knowledge and rules of  how to live on the earth, when to: hunt,  harvest, fish, and how to respect nature, the environment and how not take advantage of it. In order to report and show this history the director had to enhance the harsh natural environment of the wild according to the  fauna and flora. The sacred plants:tabaco, coca, yage (equivalent of ayahuasca) and native plants and the extension of the river though the wild. The fauna like jaguar, bird, snake, monkey. All this photography give the audience a incredible landscape in the film. Also it show how the rubber industry impacted ingenious culture of the Amazone. it is a interesting and different film that you have try.

Colombia is a harsh country for ecotourism. But one of the most amazing place that you can go and explore in Colombia is Cabo de la Vela. It is located on the Northen tip of south America in the peninsula of La Guajira. To go there you have to travel for around 2 hours through the vast desert terrain in which, the beauty of this place begin. Because during the trip you can see mirages on the hot desert floor when the sun is all out. You can believe that there are a big bodies of water, like in the movies, and it seems totally incredible. Also the orange and yellow colours of the land combined with the green of the cacti and shrubs; the landscape in this moment is unbelievable. When you go deeper into the desert you can notice that it is not a typical journey; it is exotic tourism. From the moment you start seeing a kind of rainbow in different shades of blue in the Caribbean Sea, the yellow and orange coast, the artisanal fishing boats on the ocean, the artisanal houses made of bahareque and yotojoro (the heart of the cactus) near the beach, creating a perfect picture of this remote place in Colombia. Not many people live there; the harsh environment makes it a difficult place to live. The vast desert terrain inhabited mostly by indigenous Wayuu people. The incredibles landscapes never end. You can go to the Cabo de la Vela Lighthouse to watch the sunset, the highest permit  you to have  a perfect view. The purple, pig, yellow, red and orange make a beautiful party of colours on the surface of the ocean reflecting the sky. After that you can sleep in a hammock on the beach lulled by the Caribbean breeze and under a canopy with millions of start. Also you can see astonishing shooting stars. For all these  reason Cabo de la Vela is a unique experience for  the people who really love nature. This place is a paradise. 

Photography by: Johanna Carolina Velandia

Photography by: Johanna Carolina Velandia

The terth language that I want to learn after English is French. First it is attractive to me as the language of love; it is a romance and melodious language that sound beautiful. Second, because I want to stay  in Canada and learn it will give me the opportunity to communicate in any part of Canada and different part of the  world. Also the ability to speak French and English is an advantage on the international job market in my future; French will be my value added in my resume. Finally, other important reason is that as a girl that love travel, French will help me in my travel to the continent of Africa in order to get more knowledge in their culture: interaction with nature and animals, beliefs and rituals, cooking, fashion, arts, dance and architecture. As well in my future travel to France, Switzerland, Belgium, and others. So, why not French?!