Through this experience, we promote sustainable community tourism in urban and rural spaces, through a variety of services in San Jacinto route in Montes de María region.
San Jacinto Culture and Tradition of Montes de María
Route "San Jacinto Culture & Tradition of the Montes de María", tourists will discover and experience the magic and wonder of the cultural and natural attractions of this town in Montes de Maria.
Tourists are welcomed by bagpipers in "Gaiteros" park, enjoying the rhythm of bagpipes and drums performed by the musical group the Authentic Gaiteros de San Jacinto by the Macumbé folk dance group. Then they will get to know the Gaiteros de San Jacinto's musical history, winners of the Latin Grammy Award for the best folk album in 2007.
Within this cultural tour, visitors will learn how to make handicrafts and textiles from the municipality. They will learn and carry out the process of making the Hammocks and similar products in the Olivia Carmona Living Museum School and Workshop. They will also be able to observe the process of makingbags and backpacks in crochet and macramé in the workshops of Dionicio Salgado and Elizabeth Santos, located in San Jacinto Avenue.
Visitirs will also have a workshop in "Mi Gaita organization" with Rafael Pérez García. They will learn how the musical instruments of bagpipes "Gaitas" are made and will learn from the music of bagpipes and traditional songs such as "La Décima".
Corpofodesco offers an agro-ecotourism route where visitors will experience the daily activities of peasant life in the Montes de María. Coffee, cocoa, rice, plantain, cassava, yam and the beans of La Paz located in the Bongal, Brasilar, Casa de Piedra, and Las Mercedes villages, enjoyning a ride on Jepp Willis cars.
Finally, visitors will be able to delight in the local gastronomy consuming typical dishes such as the Mote de queso, sancocho, rice with coconut, chili pepper, chicharron with cassava and avocado and all kinds of typical roasted meat. They will make a tour in the streets of the municipality ejoying the traditional architecture, they will be able to buy the famous Vásquez cookies and consume a refreshing guarapo in Marlo Para La Calo. After these wonderful experiences they will hear stories about the excavations of the vestiges from the oldest pottery in America, which can be seen in the Community Museum, and are more than 6000 years old approximately. After the tour in the Museum they will taste a delicious coffee with a unique flavor in the Café Cerro de Maco store.
With this experience, community tourism stimulates the local economy, both urban and rural, promoting local productive development, directly benefiting more than 100 families, who see tourism as an alternative to improve their quality of life. 7 cultural and productive businesses have been linked and strengthened, generating new sources of income and customers, increasing their income from the sale of goods and services to tourists. Corpofodesco promotes the valuation and apropiation of local culture and its heritage by strengthening the main cultural manifestations of San Jacinto
