Writers

Eduardo Mantilla Trejos – Novelist, short story writer and journalist.
Some of this outstanding writers works include On The Plains, True History of the Tumbatiranos, Lencho Alfaro and Marandúa.
Mantilla Trejos has held important governmental positions and is a member of the Meta, Arauca, and Boyacá Academies of History as well as of the Center of History of Casanare.
The Government of Arauca decorated him with the Miguel Angel Martin Medal of Merit.
The author was born in Paso Real de Ariporo in 1943.

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Actors (In Spanish)

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Musicians, Composers and Singers

            


Tirso Delgado – Composer and singer.
Considered a pioneer of the Llanera folk music, Delgado's best-known compostions are Palomita Mensajera, Tierra Bravía, Mi Amor Llanero, and Puente Guamal. He was born in Paz de Ariporo in 1939.

Dumar Aljure Rivas – Singer, composer and dancer.
An author of joropos, pasajes and golpes (Eastern Plains rhythms) such as P´alante Casanareños, Catira Casanareña, El Taparito and Virgencita de Manaure, Aljure has received numerous recognitions. This well-known singer has also won several dance competitions. He was born in Tauramena in 1953.

Aries Vigoth – Singer.
A prestigious singer with a strong voice, Aries Vigoth has worked hard to promote Eastern Plains music. He has toured Venezuela, Spain, the United States and many other Latin American countries.
He has been awarded several times in Colombia, Venezuela as well as other countries. This singer was born in Hato Corozal in 1957.

Aldrumas Monroy – Singer.
Monroy won his international fame as a strong voiced singer by winning many Eastern Plains music competitions.
Some of his best-known songs are Homenaje a Yopal, Recorriendo el Casanare, La ilusión de la vida, Tu amor especial and Tu pañuelo. He was born in San Luis de Palenque in 1959.

Hildo Ariel – Musician and harpist.
This casanareño musician began his career as a harp teacher at the Llananero Cultural Centre Academy in Bogotá where he worked until 1988.
Some years later he founded the Llano y Joropo Academy. Ariel was born in Monterrey (Casanare) in 1965.