Villavicencio, is the gateway to the eastern plains, the gateway to a wonderful world where the songs for herding cattle, "the traditional system of raising cattle in Los Llanos, which is perfectly in tune with the dynamics of nature and the environment environment of this region. The songs narrate vicissitudes of the individual and collective life of the llaneros and are transmitted orally to children from their infancy. The vitality of the practice of this element of cultural heritage has been gradually diminished by a whole series of socioeconomic and political changes that have considerably modified the cultural universe of the communities of Los Llanos." unesco