Personal Information

Jorge Luis Velosa Ruiz was born in Ráquira Boyacá in 1947, son of Ema and Jorge, is the youngest of six brothers of whom he is the only one dedicated to music, is the expression of his people, is a constant animator , Creative, researcher y composer, he loves his country and his land.

He studied veterinary and music. He has more than a hundred couplets and poems - for singing and reciting - and 20 recordings that are part of the national folklore. He is responsible that the carranga would turn the world around. He has two iconic characters in the history of Colombian television: Florentino Bautista (Don Chinche) and Trino Epaminondas Tuta (Romeo and Buseta). He is the author La Cucharita and Julia, Julia, Julia. He inspired the name of two endemic frogs: the Eleutherodactylus Jorgevelosai and the Eleutherodactylus carranguerorum.

He is an ordinary man, humble, dreamy, with the strong temperament of Boyacense; With very clear goals in his life and search for reasons to write that so many people have wanted to say, and he, with the best humor, the greatest frankness and with its form without equal writes, says and sings the everyday in terms that all his people understand and enjoy.

Daily Routines

He uses his roana daily, this are for him a symbol and inspiration. He preaches the music carranguera, for he is to take a political attitude in the face of the culture of the country.

The life of Jorge Velosa passes between visits to the countryside and you come and go in the city. He composes, writes, rehearses, lectures on carranguera music and Colombian folklore.

When he is in the field, he usually walks the roads that bring him memories, he visits some know, and sometimes, he checks the animals. Other times he goes to the creek and "talks" to the water, the rocks, the plants.

When he is in Bogota, he passes on his routine of artistic work. Also, doing physical and mental therapy, he walks some of its streets and parks, sometimes he goes to the Botanical Garden, to walk it, and to remember the common names of the young plants and the trees. If there is time he goes to a concert, to a movie, or to a restaurant, although he likes home cooking more.

Likes & Dislikes

He likes to make jokes, laugh and tell stories, he likes to recite verses, poems, verses that he learned from a child. He likes the countryside and his homeland. He likes popular music like the tango or historic Mexican landmarks.
He likes acting, speaking for a long time, writing, composing and singing. In his presentations he likes to present, animate, sing, dance, play harmonica and guacharaca.

Since childhood he doesn't like the photos, because he never thought to be a public figure that had to face that.
He doesn't like to talk about that the once called "Una caminata ecológica forzada", an episode of his life in which the war was the protagonist.

How is his house?

Actually, he lives in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá. His house is humble, colonial and welcoming. Patriotism and multiple recognitions of his career are displayed everywhere. In his room, he has a closet just for his ruanas.
He has a studio where he makes his compositions and around it is full of great literary works that have inspired him, likewise, has an old radio in which he listens to his favorite songs as he composes.

(This description has been largely invented for academic purposes)