Afro-descendants

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez commemorated the World Day of African and Afro-descendant Culture in Havana.

January 06, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

Black Day, observed on January 5 in Pasto's Blacks and Whites Carnival, commemorates a brief respite of freedom granted to enslaved people during the Spanish colonial era. This tradition emerged from claims and resistances against slavery, linked to King Melchor. Over time, it became part of the carnival through dances, drums, and the game of painting faces with charcoal.