Ryan Basilio of Los Angeles, California, was discouraged by the overall negative tone of the debate.

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Of the many palenques that existed in former times, only San Basilio has survived until the present day.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Basilio said he has an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential election.

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Basilio, a former volunteer for former Democratic candidate Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, spoke with an Obama campaign poster in the background.

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Palenque de San Basilio was one of the walled communities called palenques, which were founded by escaped slaves as a refuge in the seventeenth century.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio encompasses social, medical and religious practices as well as musical and oral traditions, many of which have African roots.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Central to the cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio is the palenquero language, the only creole language in Latin America with a lexical Spanish basis and grammatical characteristics of Bantu languages.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Meet another iReporter, Ryan Basilio of Los Angeles.

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That's iReporter Ryan Basilio.

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