The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

Party next to where you sleep at Now Hotel (from $223 a night), a trendy yet friendly boutique hotel located in the Granada neighborhood. The area is known for its dance clubs, but you can easily just ...

More than 20 international delegations of dancers participate in the 17th edition of the World Salsa Festival in Cali, Colombia. The festival also offers open classes and activities to learn how to ...

Wealth, like oxygen, can get thinner at altitude. The distribution of riches in big Colombian cities, for example, has been a surprise to me. I don’t mean economically. I mean topographically.

For foodies with a sense of adventure, Cali, Colombia ticks a lot of boxes. That’s probably why the world’s Salsa dancing capital recently became the first South American city named to the French ...

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The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past, deadly drug cartels. The two are not entirely separate. The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's ...