Ancestral beauty || Belleza ancestral 馃帹 Street Art #4 in Venezuela

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Warm greetings, urban art lovers. I'm here again to share my find of this week and what better way to do it than in this wonderful StreetArt Community.

Particular dynamisms moved me to the city of Maracay and after the achievement of what was planned, I had some time to walk around the area of greatest commercial activity, although I observed it somewhat diminished, perhaps because the afternoon was advancing, warning that in a few hours, the day would end. Already ready to return, I visualized with emotion a large tapestry, beautiful, vibrant and generous in its symbolism, an urban mural, which represents the cultural roots and ancestral social dynamics of Venezuelan culture. This is what I share with you on this occasion.

Saludos cordiales, amantes del arte urbano. De nuevo por ac谩 para compartir con ustedes mi hallazgo de esta semana y qu茅 mejor forma de hacerlo que en esta maravillosa Comunidad StreetArt.

Dinamismos particulares, me trasladaron a la ciudad de Maracay y tras la consecuci贸n de lo planificado, dispuse de un espacio para caminar por la zona de mayor actividad comercial, aunque la observ茅 un tanto menguada, quiz谩s porque la tarde avanzaba, advirtiendo que, en pocas horas, el d铆a terminar铆a. Ya lista para el regreso, visualic茅 con emoci贸n un gran tapiz, fastuoso, vibrante y obsequioso en su simbolismo. Un mural urbano, que representa arraigo y solariego cultural, inmerso en su estampa una din谩mica social ancestral de la cultura venezolana. Es lo que les comparto en esta ocasi贸n.

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From my point of view, each society in its representativeness, with possession and stealth, sketches and weaves, its survival and cultural fixity, creating for itself a tangled and nourished network of significant codes, expressions that give seat and permanence in the memory generation after generation.

It is the representations in their different singularities, which transpire identity and at the same time strengthen the memory, in their human groups. It is that culture full of wisdom, cosmogonies and ancestry, which reverberates and swarms the atavistic roots, enunciating with vivacity and energy the private vision that has a certain social imaginary about the world.

Desde mi mirada, cada sociedad en su representatividad, con posesi贸n y sigilo esboza e hilvana, su supervivencia y fijeza cultural, creando para s铆 misma una enmara帽ada y nutrida red de c贸digos significantes, expresiones que dan asiento y permanencia en el recuerdo, generaci贸n tras generaci贸n.

Son las representaciones en sus diferentes singularidades, las que traspiran identidad y, a la vez, fortalecen la memoria, en sus grupos humanos. Es esa cultura llena de sapiencias, cosmogon铆as y ancestralidad, la que reverbera y pulula las ra铆ces at谩vicas, enunciando con vivacidad y energ铆a la visi贸n privativa que tiene determinado, imaginario social sobre el mundo.

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Venezuela, my country, is hybridism and hodgepodge, we transpire and segregate multiculturalism, rooted to the environment and the exuberance of the productive land, the charm of the nature that gives life, succulent of tradition and customs, of wealth and history.

Thus, in the chaos of the city, saturated with the diversity and energy of everyday life, this social engraving with the history of our colonial period emerges with primogeniture, to represent one of our cultural treasures, a constant source of economy and recognition, as is the cultivation of cocoa.

Venezuela, mi Pa铆s, es hibridismo y mezcolanza; traspiramos y segregamos multiculturalidad, arraigados al entorno y a la exuberancia de la tierra productiva, al encanto de la naturaleza que da vida, suculenta de tradici贸n y costumbres, de riqueza e historia.

As铆 en el caos citadino, saturado de la diversidad y de la energ铆a de la cotidianeidad, emerge este grabado social de la historia de nuestro per铆odo colonial con mayorazgo, para representar con ello uno de nuestros tesoros culturales, fuente constante de econom铆a y reconocimiento, como es el cultivo del cacao.

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The imposing woman in the mural is meditating and abstracted in her thoughts, behind her rests a cocoa tree (cocoa fruit tree) and on the other the distinguished cobs of this elixir of the gods. It is a mural that transmits emotionality, wisdom and spirituality. Perhaps she is recovering her strength, dissipating in her rest the exhaustion of an extended work, a characteristic representative of a harvest of this fruit.

This urban canvas, commemorates our first settlers, if you visualize in detail you will see immersed in their hair, clothing and in some cocoa cobs indigenous insignias, emblems of fishing and the fruit described. Fishing and agriculture were the main activities developed in those times, as a support to the family economy.

La imponente mujer del mural est谩 meditabunda y abstra铆da en sus pensamientos, detr谩s de ella reposa un cacaotero (谩rbol del fruto del cacao) y al otro las distinguidas mazorcas de este elixir de los dioses. Es un mural que transmite emocionalidad, sabidur铆a y espiritualidad. Quiz谩s ella se encuentra recuperando fuerzas, disipando en su descanso el agotamiento de una extendida faena, caracter铆stica representativa de una cosecha de este fruto.

Este lienzo urbano conmemora a nuestros primeros pobladores. Si visualizas con detalle, vas a ver inmersos en sus cabellos, indumentaria y en algunas mazorcas de cacao, insignias ind铆genas, emblemas de pesca y del fruto descrito. La pesca y la agricultura eran las principales actividades desarrolladas por esos tiempos, como soporte a la econom铆a familiar.

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As a tropical country, our geography is extensive and rich in gallery forests, the cocoa tree in its diversity of species has amicably found its seat and permanence, pampered and contemplated by the hands that with eagerness and dedication cultivate it, being identity and legacy our products of international recognition, kind in its variants and nuances, thanks to its unique versatility.

Just to exemplify one of our pennants: the chocolate obtained from this fruit, with the right processing is impressive and vibrant in its varieties and modalities, pleasing to the most refined palates. Its gradations of flavors and aromas are sublime and its combinations infinite, if we talk about singularity they can go from the iron intensity that imposes the bitterness to the subtle delicacy of sweetness and if you want to perceive pluralities there are fruity and floral variants. Undoubtedly, cocoa is one of our cultural distinctiveness.

Como pa铆s tropical, nuestra geograf铆a en extensa y rica en bosques de galer铆a, donde el cacaotero en su diversidad de especies ha encontrado amigablemente su asiento y permanencia, mimado y contemplado por las manos que con af谩n y dedicaci贸n lo cultivan, siendo identidad y legado nuestros productos de reconocimiento internacional, bondadosos en sus variantes y matices, gracias a su particular versatilidad.

Solo por ejemplificar uno de nuestros banderines: el chocolate obtenido de este fruto, con el acertado procesamiento, es imponente y vibrante en sus variedades y modalidades, complaciente a los m谩s primorosos paladares. Sus gradaciones de sabores y aromas son excelsas y sus combinaciones infinitas, si hablamos de propiedades, pueden ir desde la intensidad f茅rrea que impone el amargor hasta la sutil delicadeza del dulzor y si se desea percibir pluralidades, existen variantes afrutadas y florales. Sin lugar a dudas, el cacao, es uno de nuestros distintivos culturales.

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This is my participation in the CCC's Street Art Contest #247 I would like to bid you farewell, but not before extending a cordial invitation to participate.

Thanks for your visit.
May 06, 2025

Esta es mi participaci贸n en el CCC's Street Art Contest #247 ya despidi茅ndome, no sin antes hacerles una cordial invitaci贸n a participar.

Gracias por su visita.
06 de Mayo de 2025

Location of the mural: Maracay, State: Aragua-Venezuela.

Localizaci贸n del mural: Maracay, Estado Aragua-Venezuela.


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