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The Septima in Bogota: A journey through a main street and its narratives

by Simon Fique (Colombia)

Colombia

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A walk alongside the Septima Street in Bogota exhibits the city's changing landscape and urban context. Its passage through the town's centre encapsulates much of Bogota´s stories and narratives and shows the difficult but ultimately tender love relation that Bogotanos have with their city.
A walk alongside the Septima Street in Bogota exhibits the city's changing landscape and urban context. Its passage through the town's centre encapsulates much of Bogota´s stories and narratives and shows the difficult but ultimately tender love relation that Bogotanos have with their city.
In the Septima everything comes together, in an exuberant and inapprehensible show of sounds, flavors, colors and smells. Here, urban life has flourished, as nature would in an abandoned tropical town, where anacondas dance to the rhythm of percussion tunes and the street's vibrations.
In the Septima everything comes together, in an exuberant and inapprehensible show of sounds, flavors, colors and smells. Here, urban life has flourished, as nature would in an abandoned tropical town, where anacondas dance to the rhythm of percussion tunes and the street's vibrations.
This is where the regionalism and classism pervading Colombian culture are dissolved but also where inequalities and the country's crude urban reality are more evident. The Septima is everyone's home, in a literal and metaphorical way.
This is where the regionalism and classism pervading Colombian culture are dissolved but also where inequalities and the country's crude urban reality are more evident. The Septima is everyone's home, in a literal and metaphorical way.
The passerby can enjoy competitions among the city’s best Michael Jackson impersonators, empty his or her wallet buying innumerable affective objects in the street’s flea markets or be submerged in the warmth of one of the local ‘panaderias’ or on the many secret places the street has to offer.
The passerby can enjoy competitions among the city’s best Michael Jackson impersonators, empty his or her wallet buying innumerable affective objects in the street’s flea markets or be submerged in the warmth of one of the local ‘panaderias’ or on the many secret places the street has to offer.
Whether it is on a sunny Sunday, with a cold beer or sugar cane extract, or on a Friday night with a warm ‘canelazo’, the Septima offers infinite experiences and is the ‘aleph’ of Bogota’s urban life. Conquering the Septima is an strategical choice and a life-changing experience.
Whether it is on a sunny Sunday, with a cold beer or sugar cane extract, or on a Friday night with a warm ‘canelazo’, the Septima offers infinite experiences and is the ‘aleph’ of Bogota’s urban life. Conquering the Septima is an strategical choice and a life-changing experience.

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