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Migration and Colombian Food

Diaspora

INTO Colombia: LEBANESE and Syrian families from the 1880s, settling especially in the Caribbean towns — Maicao, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Lorica, Ciénaga — and giving Colombia the KIBBE, the arepa de huevo’s neighbours, and the quibbe and tahini now sold as costeño food; Italians; Germans in Santander and the founding of the first airline; Chinese; Jewish communities in Barranquilla, Cali and Bogotá; and since 2015 the largest VENEZUELAN migration in the hemisphere, which has put arepas rellenas, tequeños, pabellón and cachapas on Colombian streets at scale. OUT: the Colombian diaspora in the United States (New York, Miami), Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile and Canada.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

Languages: Spanish

What is recorded

  • Lebanese and Syrian migration to the Colombian Caribbean from the 1880s produced enduring foodways, including quibbe, now recorded as costeño food. Venezuelan migration since 2015 constitutes the largest migration in the hemisphere and has established Venezuelan street food across Colombian cities. documented
  • Lebanese and Syrian migration to the Colombian Caribbean, settling Maicao, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Lorica and Ciénaga. documented
  • Venezuelan migration to Colombia — the largest in the hemisphere — putting arepas rellenas, tequeños and cachapas on Colombian streets at scale. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to Levantine Foodways documented

    Lebanese and Syrian settlement on the Caribbean coast from the 1880s; quibbe is now costeño food.

  • related to Venezuelan Cuisine documented

    The largest migration in the hemisphere since 2015 has put Venezuelan street food across Colombia.

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