ArenaNet:International cultural references/Colombia


 * 4th largest country in south america
 * The country is in the middle of a small scale civil war
 * Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are sending guerilla forces against the current government.
 * Drug Trafficing is a large problem at the moment.
 * The Legend of El Dorado or the city of gold, was started in colombia when europeans witnessed the local indian king proforming a ritual in all gold.
 * Colombia has 15 major active volcanos
 * Colombian born music artist, Shakira is very popular, and her Pies Descalzos Foundation has helped colombian children in their school funding, food, cloths, etc.
 * There is a reference to Shakira in GW already: The female Elementalist dance emoticon is modeled after Shakira's moves in her clip for the song "Ojos Así" ("Eyes Like That")

SweetEscape 03:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC) Large 04:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Juanes is another popular latin artist from Colombia
 * The largest Emerald in the world was from Colombia
 * Colombian Coffee is very popular worldwide.
 * The legend of the "Salto del Tequendama" (The Tequendama Leap) goes like this: A long time ago, the heroe of the "Chibchas" (The local natives) went away. The bad gods then brought a huge flood that destroyed many villages and fields, until Bochica returned over the rainbow, and with his golden scepter, he stroke the rocks in the border of the great lake the flood had caused; The hole it made created a waterfall 157 meters high. Bochica then punished the gods, turning Huitaca, a goddess, into a owl, and made Chibchacun, god of agriculture, carry the world upon his shoulders. Whenever he feels tried, changes the world from one shoulder to another and the Earth trembles. The Waterfall is known because the lovers that had bans on their love (Sort of a Romeo and Juliet story) used to commit suicide by jumping from the cliff