IMaicao emnyangweni weLa Guajira, ngokwesiko ibilokhu yaziwa ngokuhweba kwayo, ngokuba semngceleni nokuba nomunye wemiphakathi emikhulu yama-Arabhu ezweni. IMaicao yayiyindawo eqinile yezentengiselwano ngeminyaka yama-80s futhi ngesinye sezimo lapho ukushushumbisa kwakubonakala khona futhi kwaziwa.
Namuhla leli dolobha, elisendaweni engama-45 ukusuka eRiohacha, liyaqhubeka nokuziphilisa ngokuhweba okususelwa ezingubeni, amathoyizi, amakha nezingubo. “IMaicao ayisafani nakuqala, manje usungathola ama-trinket, yize kwesinye isikhathi ungathola izinto ezinhle. Phambilini, izinto bezihlukile, bekuyinto yakamuva kwezobuchwepheshe, awusaziboni lezo zinto, ”kuchaza uDonato Pugliéser, isakhamuzi saseGuajiro eRiohacha.
Idolobha laseMaicao liyisikhungo esiyinhloko sobukhona bama-Arabhu eColombia elinabantu abangaba ngu-6.000. Ama-Arabhu, abizwa ngephutha ngokuthi 'amaTurkey', ngoba angene ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XIX nemibhalo evela eMbusweni wase-Ottoman (namuhla iTurkey) eyayilawula iMiddle East ngaleso sikhathi, avela eSyria, eLebanon, ePalestine naseJordani futhi ahlanganiswa Umphakathi waseColombia uletha futhi ulondoloze umkhondo wawo wamasiko njengokusho kwawo, ukudla, ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo nenkolo.
EMaicao ungabona abaseColombia begqoke izingubo zabo zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi bekhuluma ngolimi lwabo, bathandaza kathathu ngosuku njengoba kukhonjisiwe yiKoran, incwadi yabo engcwele, futhi abesifazane babo banezingubo zokufihla izinwele zabo. Kukhona neMosque enkulu kunazo zonke eLatin America, yize amaSulumane aseColombia eyidlanzana uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe ezwenikazi.