Francesco Lastrucci
ARTS: El Cafetal: Cafetal_FLedit2-66
![El Cafetal barrio, Villanueva. Portrait of old accordion player and farmer. The tendency now is to view the 40s and 50s as a sort of golden age of vallenato. Colombians are proud to point out that vallenato symbolizes the unique and largely imagined harmonious relationship between the races that comprise their country; native Indians, Black Africans and the Spanish. Each group is said to have contributed an instrument to the ensemble.](http://storage.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ec0fcacfb/images/Cafetal_FLedit2-66.jpg)
El Cafetal barrio, Villanueva. Portrait of old accordion player and farmer. The tendency now is to view the 40s and 50s as a sort of golden age of vallenato. Colombians are proud to point out that vallenato symbolizes the unique and largely imagined harmonious relationship between the races that comprise their country; native Indians, Black Africans and the Spanish. Each group is said to have contributed an instrument to the ensemble.
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