Editorial Unimagdalena

Description in English: Almost three centuries have passed since the foundation of Guamal on 16 July 1747 by the field master José Fernando de Mier y Guerra. The military officer chose, for the settlement of colonists, the red sandstone and the highest part of the aboriginal settlement of the cacique Melambo. A privileged site and witness of the various colonisation campaigns towards the interior of the country by the Spanish invaders. This book describes and reviews a series of historical, anthropological, ethnographic and folkloric events and stories that allow us to understand the cultural syncretism of the man of the river in the Momposina Depression. This work reaffirms the particular cosmovision of the men and women of Guamal in the south of the Magdalena in the Colombian Caribbean region.