Culture

Like many western countries, Venezuela also celebrates a very special day which is a holiday and different manifestations and events are held, it is May 01 - considered Labor Day, in terms of patriotic and political holidays, Venezuela celebrates on June 24, the anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo.

On the written press, Venezuela has many communication media, such as the newspaper El Nacional, which has its digital edition and also its printed edition, another of the newspapers that Venezuela has is El Universal, which thanks to the advancement of the media digitals has created an information portal that is offering news on the web, to reach a wider audience in Venezuela and in other parts of the world.

Ancient Venezuela was one of the places where they saw the most diverse civilizations which, although they did not become as developed as others in America as was the case of the Incas, Aztecs and Mayans, but which managed to have outstanding cultural customs that until Today it remains, there have been many indigenous civilizations that have not managed to prosper for various reasons, not only because of the conquerors who destroyed many of them but because of the advancement of modern life and technology, however there are currently many very precarious civilizations in Venezuela, especially in the Orinoco delta, as is the case of the Wayu.

Caracas is a very old city that still preserves part of its past and its history, especially when the European conquerors arrived, and the entire process of independence that was carried out in Venezuela, there are still many churches and chapels that date from that time of the Colonial times and at the beginning of the independence of Venezuela, more than 200 years ago, one of the best known buildings is the old Supreme Court of Justice. This building is one of the oldest that Caracas has and has neoclassical architecture.

Body art is one of the most modern expressions that currently exists in today's society, this generally consists of various artistic expressions in the human body such as paintings, tattoos, percings, in which different techniques and knowledge are applied, in Venezuela is taking this kind of art very important for this reason is that a world body art meeting will be held, which will unite several artists from different countries of the world at the Tersa Carreño theater.

The dances are one of the typical customs of Venezuela, especially those traditional, those that are performed in popular festivals, one of the typical dances and dance of Venezuela is the Llora, this style of dance, is rather a special waltz and is very similar to pericón, a typical dance from Argentina where several couples participate and they dance to the sound of folk music.

But first of all, let us remember who Simón Bolívar was, this Venezuelan national hero, was born precisely in Venezuela and although it seems strange, he did not have children, and he also had a very important role in other countries that were not Venezuela since in many of them he acted as president. As is the case of Bolivia since he was the first president that this Andean country had, where its original name also derives from Bolívar, Bolivia was named in honor of its hero Bolivar.

These crafts are made of different materials, generally they are materials extracted from nature or noble raw materials, such as ceramics, one of the most used to make Venezuelan crafts, also inks or paints in its most important time. Remotely, they had been made in a very natural way, mixing flowers and natural extracts, until they gave it the typical color that Venezuelan crafts possess.