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MusicCali Cultural and Music Agenda: Unmissable Festivals, Concerts and Events
Cali has a particularity that disconcerts anyone arriving for the first time: the city sounds before you see it. A neighbor rehearses on a keyboard at eleven in
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MusicPetronio Álvarez Festival in Cali: Complete Guide to Dates, Concerts and Pacific Culture
The Petronio Álvarez Pacific Music Festival is the largest Afro culture gathering in Latin America, and it is held every year in Cali during the month of August
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History & HeritageThe Neighborhood as Archive: The Casas de Cultura and Popular Libraries That Sustain the Memory of Cali's Barrios
In Cali, the memory of a barrio doesn't live in a museum: it lives in a library with a ceiling fan turning slowly, in a casa de cultura with plastic chairs stac
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Food & DrinkThe lunch of those who sweep: the market kitchens of Cali that feed downtown workers
At 11:30 in the morning, at Plaza de Mercado Alameda, the smell of cilantro and stewed chicken starts to win the battle against green plantain and fresh fish. T
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Food & DrinkLunch for Downtown Workers: The One-Pot Kitchens on Calle 10 and Surrounding Areas
At 12:15 noon, Calle 10 between Carrera 5 and Carrera 8 becomes a parade of short-sleeved shirts, worn briefcases and shoes that have already been walking for s
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History & HeritageEl Calvario: the neighborhood where popular commerce, Afro memory and urban art intersect daily
If you ask an average caleño how to get downtown, they'll tell you to go down Calle 15 or take any bus that passes along Avenida 3N. But if you ask them what's
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History & HeritageThe neighborhood that organized to keep its bread: neighborhood bakeries in Cali and their generational handover
Neighborhood bread in Cali was not born from a heroic recipe or a jealously guarded family secret. It was born from a bill to pay. In the mid-twentieth century,
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outdoorSunday Ciclovía in Cali Beyond Avenida Circunvalar: The Map of the Stretches Almost Nobody Uses
The Sunday ciclovía in Cali is operated by the Secretaría del Deporte y la Recreación of the Mayor's Office, and it runs every Sunday and public holiday in the
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outdoorWalking Cali at Dawn: The 5:30 a.m. Route That Early Risers Don't Share
There is a moment, between 5:15 and 5:45 in the morning, when Cali stops being the city everyone knows. There is no traffic on Avenida Colombia, the traffic lig
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History & HeritageMenga: A Survival Guide for Outsiders in the Neighborhood
Menga doesn't show up on Cali's postcards. It's not on the San Antonio circuit or in the Zona T, and chances are no taxi driver at the airport will ask if you w
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History & HeritageThe corner houses that became shops: an X-ray of window commerce in Cali's working-class neighborhoods
The window shop —also called venta por reja or permanent garage sale— is not a recent invention or an Instagram trend. It is the spontaneous response of thousan
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outdoorRunning the hills of Cali before sunrise: the real routine of those who climb to San Antonio and Versalles at 5
It's 4:50 in the morning and at the corner of Calle 1 with Carrera 10, heading up toward San Antonio, three people are already stretching. There's no sun, no tr
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History & HeritageLiving in a hillside neighborhood in Cali: what nobody tells you about routes, weather and community
In Cali, altitude isn't measured in meters but in minutes of climbing. A delivery worker who starts downtown and ends up in the upper part of Siloé can take as
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History & HeritageJuanchito: History and Flavor on the Banks of the Cauca River
Juanchito is not a neighborhood of Cali. It is a corregimiento of Candelaria, a neighboring municipality in Valle del Cauca, attached to the eastern side of the
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FestivalsEl Cali Viejo: Historical and Heritage Events That Revive the City's Memory (Beyond the Feria)
Cali, the city that today dances to the rhythm of salsa, was not always the bustling epicenter of this vibrant music. Before Afro-Caribbean rhythms turned it in
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History & HeritageEl Calvario: the neighborhood where street commerce and faith intersect every July 20th
There is a Cali that doesn't appear in salsa postcards or on the rooftops of Granada. It's the Cali that smells of fritanga at six in the morning, of church inc
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History & HeritageJuanchito: Living History Between the Cauca River and Salsa
Juanchito is not just any neighborhood in Cali. It is the exact point where the city ends and the Cauca River keeps speaking. For decades, this corregimiento of
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ShoppingBuying chontaduro, borojó and badea without getting 'guayabo': a price and haggling guide at Galería Alameda
Chontaduro is sold on the corner of Calle 15 and Carrera 15, right in the center of Cali, and costs between $2,000 and $3,000 COP per unit. It's served with hon
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