As a result of the Osorio historic devastation in the northern region of the Santo Domingo island, the population of Bayahá and Yaguana began, specifically in Puerto Plata, a long pilgrimage to establish the community of Bayaguana in 1606. It had a privileged geographical position in the Monte Plata province, Northeast of the country, which facilitated communication with the North and East towns. Additionally, it allowed exchanges of cultures, habits, traditions, music, and folklore. Now, what is the origin of the Christ of Miracles devotion?

Mieses Burgos says in one of his poems that spring songs are the smell of the wet ground, the singing barefoot voices, and treetops sounds. Sort of bohemian, very similar to a contemporary juggler, Pavel Nuñez brings back those sounds to life through his guitar chords. His dedication, connection with the public, and romantic melodies have made him one of the most famous Dominican musicians.

The northeast of Brazil differs radically from the rest of the country due to its climate, gastronomy and eclectic idiosyncrasy. Salvador de Bahía, the old capital of the Carioca country, is where you need to go since it combines tradition with the natural beauty of its beaches. Time stops, and the streets get filled with enthusiasm, colors, and rhythms when the city celebrates Carnival in February.

In the last decade, Punta Cana evolution has brought huge investments, both financial and real estate, which has encouraged the opening of multiple services.

Admiral Colon's second trip to the New World wasn't as he expected it to be. During a year he left forty men in Christmas Fort to establish economic and personal relationships with natives but instead of it, he found a destroyed settlement in his return. There was no option besides starting from scratch but setting the new city up in the same place was not convenient due to a new Taino attack, so he calmly explored the coast.

When Christopher Columbus made his second trip to America, he founded the first city of the New World, La Isabela. He named it in honor of Isabel the Catholic, Queen of Spain, who gave him the supplies for his explorations.

When Jam contacted us for proposing us to make a dress with the Bacana Magazine previous editions he really surprised us, but he did convince us, because his proposal is something different by far.

Caftans, slippers, silks, cotton, earth color impregnated fabrics fall on the skin, leaving space to each movement. The accessories, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings have the leading role again, highlighting the light of the stones. A sea of sand with the sunset reflection that houses all the tonalities.

People say that gaspar noe’s films are contraindicated for sensitive souls because violence and sex are shown unfiltered. Stimulating scenes that leave no one indifferent. Maybe because of that insurgence of “going out of the box”, of the conventional, of the established, is a film director admired by the actor Alejandro Durán

Paraphrasing one of the dominican republic independence founders, the national hero, juan pablo duarte, “working for the fatherland is not only working for ourselves but for future generations”. A feeling that, as a patriotic symbol, inspires one of the most rooted standards for dominican citizenship, its national anthem.

It is easy to see impressive sophisticated and luxury mansions in Cap Cana. Finding a villa that can be a home is what we disco vered in this house made with of all the imaginable details, but with a home-like aroma.

People say that good things usually last long, so it is not strange in the growing culture of physical and  zental wellbeing to increase the proposals to be and feel better inside and out. Gyms, increasingly modern, have better and sophisticated equipment to practice crossfit, gap, trx, pilates or spinning.

The hyperconnected world and the game rules resulting from this new way of networking and interacting, has given opportunities to new celebrities within the digital world, or what have been called: Youtubers.

It’s for sure that somebody has told us at least once that “love is blind”, one of the most used expressions to refer to the irrational behavior when you are in love.

Our hands are decorated with bracelets and watches that express our character, our personality or simply the love we feel for a detail that a loved one has had with us.

The president of Hospiten, Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella has celebrated with great enthusiasm the result of the turnover of the financial year 2018 which has been 335 million euros.

Southwest of Barahona, the province known as La Perla del Sur, is Punta Inglesa beach which runs through the city along the entire Caribbean coast.

She has dedicated more than a decade to the investigation of the origins, influences, native products and Dominican culinary customs. For this reason, she proudly holds the title of “Ambassador of the New Dominican Cuisine”, a sociocultural movement. Inés Páez Nin, known as Chef Tita, is a leader of this trend that she enthusiastically declares and describes with passion when we ask her about it: “it’s about transforming through food, teaching with food, transmitting stories about what is behind each product, exalting the local, what is ours. A kitchen full of personality” Tita says, an alias that comes from Inesita, which is her mother’s name too and who called her like this because she is the little one.

In the best corner of Colombia, right in the mouth of the most important fluvial artery of the country where the Magdalena River and the Caribbean Sea face each other, there you can find Barranquilla. Entry and exit door of the national economy, which is called to play a leadership role in tourism and to become a large national center of logistics services.

A Spinoza phrase says that repentance is not a virtue because it does not come from the reason. There are many theories linked to the understanding of forgiveness, which relate reason to emotions. Understanding forgiveness as a process of liberation is a slogan advocated by psychology and philosophy. It is a capacity that was inherited from religion but now has a more secular denotation, based on reflection and meditation.

San Felipe de Puerto Plata, known as the Bride of the Atlantic, was the city that had the fortune of seeing her born. It is possible that the mastery of the ocean, the stories of sailors and overseas myths had cradle her with rhythms of Debussy, Fauré & Saint-Saëns, Granados or Falla at the same way the popular folklore of Caribe did it.

It was one of the first settlements the Spaniards founded on the island more than five hundred years ago. This city, which name comes from the valley where it is located, was born under the Fuerte de la Concepción’ shelter. Its gold mines allowed it to be a prosperous city. It contributes more than half of the country water supply thanks to a great aquifer richness in its municipalities Constanza and Jarabacoa.