what we do
In the Colombian Pacific, two contracting realities coexist. The first is the reality of violence, abandonment and historical segregation to which the Afro-Colombian populations who live there have been exposed.
The second is that it is a territory full of magic and resistance, inhabited by communities that vibrate with music and dance, keeping alive the traditions of their ancestors. Their roads are the rivers and mangroves, where they spend their days while fishing and working the land. Their cuisine has an unmatched seal and flavor, they are skilled when it comes to creating crafts and they cure themselves with ancestral drinks that they prepare with jungle plants.
Marimbea is an organization created in 2016 with the mission of contributing to the well-being of the community in the south of the Colombian Pacific through the design and commercialization of experiences to immerse themselves in music, dance, cuisine and other ancestral knowledge of this region. All our activities generate alternative sources of income, exchange of knowledge and growth of support networks for people who work with culture and tourism in the region, generating impacts in changing the narratives of a territory stigmatized by violence, generation of opportunities and the dignity of the community and its ancestral practices.
