Villa de Cura or Villa de San Luis Rey de Cura (ˈbiʝa ðe san lwis rei ðe ˈkuɾa) is the main town in the Zamora

Zamora Municipality, Aragua

The Zamora Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 145,742. The town of Villa de Cura is the shire town of the...

 district of the Aragua

Aragua (state)

Aragua State is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni...

 state in Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

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A small town, very dry between October and April and rainy during the rest of the year, it is best known in Venezuela for being the cradle of one of the best all-male children choirs in the country, niños cantores de villa de cura. They also sell some lovely "Chicharron", Cachapas, and cebada nearby, all local foods.

Villa de Cura is the home town to some popular Venezuelan legends. Amador Bendayán

Amador Bendayán

Amador Bendayán [ben-dah-IAN] was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.The son of Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Bendayán was born in Villa de Cura, Aragua, and was raised and educated in Caracas...

, former host of Sábado Sensacional

Sabado Sensacional

Súper Sábado Sensacional is a Spanish-language variety show created in Venezuela, and established on Radio Caracas Television in 1968. The show later moved to Venevisión network in 1971...

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