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A bullfighter waves a cloak in front of a bull while a big audience watches the event sitting on the arena's fence or from elevated stages. More people stand watching from inside the arena. The bullfighting tradition known as "corraleja" was established in San Basilio de Palenque in 1915 by landowners who took possession of some of the village's land. San Basilio del Palenque, a town located 31 miles from Cartagena, is considered the first community to officially free enslaved people in the Americas because, on August 23, 1691, the Spanish King Charles II signed a royal charter recognizing the freedom of the communities in the María Mountains. Local authorities, however, did not sign a treaty with these communities until January of 1714 acknowledging its freedom and ordering the establishment of the town of Palenque San Basilio Magno. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. de Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio del Palenque since 1973 for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. This image illustrates Cross’s anthropological category: Social Organization. Un torero mueve el capote frente a un toro mientras un gran público observa la corrida sentado en la cerca de la arena o desde los pisos superiores. Más gente está mirando desde el interior de la arena. La tradición taurina conocida como "corraleja" se estableció en San Basilio de Palenque en 1915 por terratenientes que tomaron posesión de algunas de las tierras del pueblo. San Basilio del Palenque, ubicada a 31 millas de Cartagena, se considera la primera comunidad en liberar oficialmente a personas esclavizadas de América porque, el 23 de agosto de 1691, el rey español Carlos II firmó una cédula real que reconocía la libertad de las comunidades de personas fugitivas en las Montañas de María. Sin embargo, las autoridades locales no firmaron un tratado con estas communidades sino hasta enero de 1714, reconociendo su libertad y ordenando el establecimiento del poblado Palenque San Basilio Magno. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio del Palenque desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología y Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Esta imagen ilustra la categoría antropológica de Cross: Organización Social.
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