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Güicán's church (and new home of La Morenita). Photo by Lorraine Caputo
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By Lorraine Caputo

From Cordoncillo, a paved road goes to Güicán, which has a more wild-west feel to it than its neighbor El Cocuy. Perhaps Güicán’s distinctive atmosphere is because it is the younger of the two main villages, not only in founding date, but also because it was rebuilt after an 1860 fire. Perhaps, too, the difference lies in a closer relationship with the U’wa indigenous.

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