Material design for face to face environments.

Listening activity. In this activity you need to listen carefully the following video
and then answer the questions given. Remember there is only one correct option.

Palenque: Africa in Colombia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhK3_aC3enY

1. How far is the shown stop from Palenque?

1) 5 minutes
2) 20 minutes
3) 10 minutes
4) 60 minutes

2. Why did the lady go to that stop?

a) To use a decent bathroom and buy groceries.

b) To ask for directions and drink lulo juice.
c) To rest and have something to eat.
d) To use a decent bathroom and drink lulo juice.

3. What are “casas de bahareque”?

a) Abandoned houses.
b) Haunted houses.
c) Houses made of bricks.
d) Houses made of mud and wood dried by the sun.

4. For how long a bahareque house can stand?

a) 6 to 7 years.
b) 10 to 20 years.
c) 60 to 70 years.
d) 50 years.

5. What do “Tiela ri Pá” and “Africa I Amerika andi Palenke” mean?

 a) “Welcome to the community” and “Africa and America are Palenque”.
b) “Our land, my land, your land” and “Africa and America consider Palenque”.
c) “Welcome to etnoludoteka” and “Africa and America are together Palenque”.
d) “Our land, my land, your land” and “Africa and America made Palenque”.

6. Why was the lady having fun?

a) Because she was sweating.

b) Because she was dancing.
c) Because she is happy.
d) Because others were dancing.

7. Which was the purpose of the women braiding?

a) To prevent lice infestation.

b) To use as a map for escaped slaves.
c) To help hair grow faster.
d) To prevent tangled hair.

8. Which signals take people from Palenque in account to determine if someone

was mixed up with non-African person?

a) Black eyes and long hair.

b) Small lips and nose.
c) Big hands and feet.
d) Strong arms and legs.

9. What happens with those who show signals of been mixed with indigenous?

a) Live in community to preserve culture.

b) Are expelled away from Bolivar department.
c) Are send to live separately at Little Palenque.
d) Nothing, mixture is fine for them.

10. What does “dulce de corozo” tastes like for the lady?
 a) Jelly.
b) Apple.
c) Jam.
d) Lemon.

Reading activity. After reading the following text, answer the given questions.
Remember just one of the four options is correct.

https://thecitypaperbogota.com/travel/huila-the-secret-of-southern-colombia/18073

Separated from Bogotá by 300 kilometers – or eight hours by road – Neiva tops
the tourism calendar one weekend every year, when the country descends on this
city of 400,000 inhabitants to participate in the Bambuco dance and folk music
festival. But for the remaining long weekends and national holidays, the
departmental capital of Huila receives a trickle of outsiders, mainly travelers in
search of budget accommodation after stargazing in the Tatacoa desert, or
exploring the tombs of San Agustín archaeological park.

Held on the feast day of Saint Peter and Paul (June 29), the Bambuco festival
has been celebrated in Huila since 1960, and was created to celebrate the
traditional dance of the region: Sanjuanero. The festival, of course, is an ideal time
to visit this southern department, as you’ll be swept up in the excitement of a
beauty pageant and by the chance to make new friends over shots of aguardiente.
But the land of Opita (colloquial name for the people of Huila) should be known for
more than revolving dresses and chance to cheer on Reinas in slowly-moving
decorated floats, because from the moment the sign “Bienvenidos a Huila” appears
on the highway, the countryside looks that much greener, thanks to thousands of
hectares of rice growing next to the highway.

The recent history of Huila is divided into “before” and “after” the Betania
reservoir. During six years, 700-hectares were flooded for the construction of a
hydroelectric plant that would provide electricity to the southwest of the country.
The Magdalena and Yaguará rivers were rerouted to fill a shallow valley, and ever
since its floodgates and turbines were inaugurated in 1987, Betania has
continuously generated 4% of the nation’s energy.

For Rafael Ramírez Gonzales, mayor of Yaguará, the region felt the negative
effects of mega infrastructure when 5,000 hectares of previously cultivable land
were flooded, forcing farmers to abandon their primary source of income to
become fishermen. The arrival of industrial farmed fishing of mojarra didn’t improve
livelihoods either, as “the money doesn’t stay in the region,” claims the mayor.

One positive side of the reservoir’s construction was the growth of ecological
and aquatic tourism. With few hotels operating in this remote region, most visitors
prefer to stay on a farm or rent out a room in a guesthouse. As short-term options
are affordable, many tourists opt to stay in small towns near Betania rather than
spend on the impersonal chain hotels of the capital. With mountain trails and
recreational fishing on offer, Yaguará is also known for two locally made
delicacies: achiras and quesillo.

Belén and Gregorio Gonzáles have been in the dairy business ever since
growing up on the family farm more than five decades ago. With a half century of
experience making quesillo, a soft and salty cheese wrapped in plantain leaves,
Belén’s artisan technique guarantees a reliable clientele, even though this milk-
based product is widely available in nearby super-markets. “I sell everything I
make, and couldn’t make more than I already do,” claims Doña Belén. What does
worry her, is who will inherit the family’s century’s old cheese making recipe. With a
daughter working as an accountant in Bogotá and a son in the oil business “maybe
someday, one of them will warm up to quesillo making,” remarks Belén.

Achiras are bite size crackers made from cheese curd and flour milled from the
Achira root. Harvested by the Incas of Peru, the Canna Edulis grows as a flower
across the Andes, and the taste of an authentic achira varies depending on the
region and the climate. Even though you can find a similar snack on the coast,
Yaguará is one of this country’s most important producers of achira, and some
families claim to have recipes dating back centuries.

Feliza Tovar has been churning out achiras for most of her life, and runs a
successful small business in the town based entirely on a recipe her mother
mastered after “trying more than a thousand times,” she claims. Thanks to this
coarse biscuit, the entrepreneur pays for her daughter’s university tuition in Bogotá,
and harbors a hope that her business will get handed down to another generation,
despite the reality that youngsters are leaving these small towns to become
professionals in the country’s rapidly expanding big cities.

In southeast Huila, on the border with the department of Caquetá, is a region

known as Suazo and home to the Iraca palm. Since the early 19th century, the
inhabitants of this area have been weaving Iraca into beautiful hats and a laborious
process that involves drying and dyeing natural fibers. Blanca Lucia Calderón can’t
recall how many years she has been dyeing hats, but as a young girl she would
accompany her parents while they wove wild iraca. Today, their hats are
considered some of the finest in the world and have their own Designation of Origin
certificate and can range in price from US$50 to US$1,000 depending on the
intricate craftsmanship.

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995, the San Agustín

Archaeological Park is one of the most important tourism attractions in Colombia
dating back more than 3,000 years, to when this area was settled by a hierarchical
society that connected the earthly realm with the spiritual through complex burial
ceremonies, represented in stone megalithic structures. With the remains of an
ancient civilization ever visible, many Huilenses have become sculptors in their
own right, creating miniature replicas of the mysterious monoliths strewn across
the rugged landscape.
 Much of Huila has yet to be mentioned in guidebooks. For the traveler, San
Agustín is the star attraction. But don’t underestimate the celestial bodies of a night
sky in the Tatacoa or learning the steps of the Sanjuanero, for this department, has
yet to reveal all its secrets.

1. Which are the main tourism destination at Huila?

a) Betania reservoir and Rancho Tama.

b) Tatacoa desert and San Agustin archaeological park.
c) The Magdalena and Yaguará rivers.
d) Rice crops next to highways.

2. Which was the purpose of creating the Bambuco festival?

a) Promote tourism.
b) Increase incomes to the department.
c) Celebrate the traditional dance of the region.
d) Dancing Sanjuanero and drinking aguardiente.

3. When did the Betania reservoir flooding begin?

a) Sixty years ago.

b) In 1981.
c) Six years ago.
d) In 1987.

4. Why was the Betania reservoir made for?

a) Because farmers wanted to change their economic activity and become

fishermen.
b) To provide electricity to the southwest of the country.
c) To have more visitors at small town’s hotels.
d) To sell more achiras and quesillo.

5. What worries doña Belén?

 a) That she does not make as much cheese as she wants.
b) That super-markets cause her to sell less quesillos.
c) Losing her clients.
d) Who will inherit the quesillo’s family recipe.

6. What are Achiras and what are made of?

a) Big round crackers made of quesillo and flour from Achira root.
b) Small crackers made of wheat flour and cheese curd.
c) Bite size crackers made of cheese curd and flour milled from the Achira
root.
d) Flat crackers made of wheat and Achira flour and quesillo.

7. Where does Feliza Tovar get her Achira’s recipe from?

a) She follows her great grandmother original recipe.

b) She follows entirely a recipe her mother mastered after trying many times.
c) She got a recipe on the internet.
d) She bought a recipe from her neighbour’s sister.

8. What and how are Suazo hats made of?

a) Wild Iraca palm carefully dried, dyed and woven.

b) Iraca palm dried and hand braided.
c) Palm leaves braided and painted.
d) Palm leaves dried, dyed and woven.

9. Why is San Agustin archaeological park one of the most important tourism
attractions in Colombia?

a) Because there are the remains of stone megalithics structures of a 3000

years culture that connected earthly and spiritual worlds.
b) Because there tourists can find sculptors who create stone megalithics
structures.
c) Because tourists can buy Iraca palm hats for $50.
 d) Because one weekend every year people can assist to Bambuco beauty
pageant.

10. When was designed an UNESCO World heritage site?

a) 1987.
b) 1995.
c) 2016.
d) 1960.
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