IMaicao kwisebe laseLa Guajira, ngokwesiko ibisaziwa njengorhwebo, ngokuba semdeni nokuba nolunye lolona luntu lukhulu lwama-Arabhu elizweni. IMaicao yayiyindawo yokurhweba eyomeleleyo kwiminyaka ye-80s kwaye ikwayimeko apho ukuthutyeleziswa kwakubonakala kwaye kwamkelwa.
Namhlanje esi sixeko, sikumzuzu we-45 ukusuka eRiohacha, siyaqhubeka nokuzixhasa ngorhwebo olusekwe kwiimpahla zangaphantsi, iithoyi, iziqholo kunye nempahla. “IMaicao ayisafani nakuqala, ngoku ungafumana iitrinkethi, nangona ngamanye amaxesha unokufumana izinto ezintle. Ngaphambili, izinto bezihlukile, ibiyinto yakutshanje kubuchwepheshe, awusaziboni ezo zinto, ”ucacisa watsho uDonato Pugliéser, umhlali waseGuajiro eRiohacha.
Isixeko saseMaicao liziko eliphambili lobukho beArabhu eColombia elinabemi abamalunga nama-6.000. Ama-Arabhu, ngempazamo abizwa ngokuba yi 'Turks', kuba bangena ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XIX benamaxwebhu avela kubukhosi base-Ottoman (namhlanje iTurkey) eyayilawula uMbindi Mpuma, bavela eSyria, eLebhanon, ePalestine naseJordani kwaye badityaniswa Umphakathi waseColombia uzisa kwaye ugcina umkhondo wenkcubeko yawo njengokuthetha, ukutya, uyilo kunye nenkolo.
EMaicao uyababona abantu baseColombia benxibe iimpahla zabo zaseMpuma Mpela kwaye bethetha ngolwimi lwabo, bathandaza amaxesha amathandathu ngosuku njengoko kubonisiwe yiKoran, incwadi yabo engcwele, kwaye abafazi babo baneengubo ezifihla iinwele zabo. Kukho eyona Mosque inkulu kwiLatin America, nangona amaSilamsi aseColombia abambalwa xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe kwilizwekazi.