Colombia

Colombia

Washington

American Baby

Quimbayas

Keep Messiah Alive! 

La Dinastía de los Cafetaleros

Tiquicia

Stockton

Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo)

 

Psalm 19:9

"The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether."

 

 

 

La Dinastía de los Cafetaleros

 

 

Daniela Estrada, Colombia

 

 

 "Its direct business is not to steel the soul against temptation"~~~John Henry Newman

 

 

 

 

Bar Refaeli

 

 

 

 

 "When old Godolphin awoke it was to a wash of red sunset through the window"~~~Thomas Pynchon

 

 

The gold represented a sacred metal and the passport for the afterlife. Around the 10th century the Quimbaya culture disappeared entirely due to unknown circumstances; studies of the archeological items point to an advanced cultural development and the political structure of a cacicazgo with separated groups dedicated to pottery, religion, trade, gold work and war. 

 

Quimbaya: vaso decorado con figura femenina

 

 

 

 

 

COLOMBIA GOLD

It is a MYSTERY still how this culture managed the way to melt the gold to obtain the exact grade of gold and copper to maintain a high purity, it is still unknown how such quality was achieved since they would need kilns that would reach a thousand degrees Celsius to melt these pieces
One of the most famous activities of the Quimbaya are the luxurious goldsmith works, which exhibits an incredible beauty as well as a perfect technique. They developed metallurgy systems to combine copper with gold that was not abundant in their region (unlike other areas of the country). This combination of gold and copper, called "tumbaga", would not detract from the attractiveness, brightness and durability of its magnificent pieces, of a spectacular vivacity. One of them, very popular, is the famous poporos. His goldsmithing is one of the most important in America given the exquisite beauty of the pieces expressed by very well developed metallurgical methods.

Another of the mysteries of the Quimbaya Culture are the Quimbaya artifacts, formerly called "Pájaros del Otún", since the former was found near the banks of the Otún River in the province of Risaralda.

 

 

Laura of Colombia
 

 

 

Chess:  "Colombia" "Washington" "American Baby" "Quimbayas" "Cafetaleros" "Stockton" "Tiquicia" "Aranjuez" "Joaquin Rodrigo"

 

The Quimbaya inhabited the areas corresponding to the modern departments of Quindío, Caldas and Risaralda in Colombia, around the valley of the Cauca River. There is no clear data about when they were initially established; the current best guess is around the 1st century BCE.

The Quimbaya people reached their zenith during the 4th to 7th century CE period known as The Quimbaya Classic. The culture's the most emblematic piece comes from this period, a form of poporo known as the Poporo Quimbaya, on exhibit at the Bogotá Gold Museum. The most frequent designs in the art pieces are anthropomorphic, depicting men and women sitting with closed eyes and placid expression, as well as many fruits and forms of poporos.

Most of the retrieved items are part of funeral offerings, found inside sarcophagi made of hollow trunks. The gold represented a sacred metal and the passport for the afterlife. Around the 10th century the Quimbaya culture disappeared entirely due to unknown circumstances; studies of the archeological items point to an advanced cultural development and the political structure of a cacicazgo with separated groups dedicated to pottery, religion, trade, gold work and war.