Vallenato

Vallenato (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [baʝeˈnato]) is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in north-east Colombia. The name also applies to the people from the city where this genre originated: Valledupar (from the place named Valle de Upar – "Valley of Upar"). In 2006, vallenato and cumbia were added as a category in the Latin Grammy Awards. Colombia's traditional vallenato music is Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, according to UNESCO.¶

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Vallenato”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶

Vallenato is musical tradition fusing cultural expressions of several origins in the Monteria Córdoba - Magdalena Grande area of Colombia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2015, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.¹¶

The source record links this tradition to 15 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.¹¶