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South Cali has become a laboratory where art, culture and tourism.
At the top of the southern slope of Caliis the Commune 20where life, creativity and the desire to move forward push the development of a community, which has changed the stories of violence and conflictby Culture, art and a flourishing tourist route that opens for their own and visitors the opportunity to enjoy the city from a fabulous viewpoint that loves.
There, in neighborhoods like Siloé and Brisas de Mayo There is a wonderful transformation. With the impulse of the GOVERNMENT OF THE VALLEY DEL CAUCA Through programs that empower and accompany, music is heard today, films are recorded, dance, sing, create. They are processes that rescue young people, dignify spaces and promote community tourism as a new source of life.
“From a very young age I have dreamed of being a great actress And here in Siloé they gave me the opportunity to take my first steps was something wonderful, ”says Daniela Mellizo, a young woman who found her vocation in the midst of film and theater workshops.
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Culture has been shield and lifesays Nataly Algarra, cultural manager of the commune 20, noting that “after the social outbreak of 2021, leaders and leaders emerged from each corner, recovering scenarios and turning them into spaces for cultural processes. Dance, theater, music and even the cinema became tools for new life opportunities and shields against violence”.
The rebirth of commune 20 is also reflected in physical interventionsas the recovery of its most emblematic icon: The Siloé starwhich will shine again with five points and 27,000 lights. “This is a collective process that arises from the communities, which have been fundamental part in project design and planning”, Explains Governor Dilian Francisca Toro, who points out that this will also help strengthen cultural processes, boost a whole commitment around community tourism and improve the local economy.
For many, the star is not only a luminous symbol. It is identity and history. “For us the star is the resistance of a neighborhood And a commune that was forgotten for many years, but that today his community and the governorate, commit to change, ”says John Henry Guevara, social leader of the area.
Today, Siloé not only looks different. It feels different. And that transformation did not come from outside. He was born from the inside, of art, of memory, of the courage of a community that decided to leave the stigmas behind and build a new future, one that shines with its own light.
