Tola Y Maruja
''Tola y Maruja'' is a Colombian cross-dressing comedy Double act, duo, formed in 1990 by journalist and cartoonist Carlos Mario Gallego (''Tola'') and writer Sergio Valencia Rincón (''Maruja''). Tola and Maruja are two old Paisa region, paisa ladies, who mock Colombian politics and society. Since 2008, ''Maruja'' is performed by Luis Alberto Rojas. They appear twice a week on Caracol TV's journalistic magazine ''El radar'' and on Sundays on ''Spitting Image''-like ''Noticiero NP& con los Reencauchados'', and write a Sunday weekly op-ed, column on ''El Espectador'' newspaper. History In 1986, Gallego and Valencia met while studying at Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín.''Revista Semana, Semana''¿Qué pasó con... Sergio Valencia Rincón (Maruja) 5 July 2008 While at college, Gallego and Valencia, jokingly, spoke as two old ladies in order to amuse their classmates.María Isabel Rueda¿Qué pasó entre Tola y Maruja? ''Semana'', 13 January 2006 They produced a humour magazine c ...
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Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes usually worn by a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and self-express oneself. Cross-dressing has played an important part in society due to the nature of sociology. Sociology dictates that social norms are an inherent part of society and, thus, there are expected norms for each gender relating to style, color, type of clothing and more. Thus, cross-dressing allows individuals to express themselves by acting beyond guidelines, views, or even laws defining what type of clothing is expected and appropriate for each gender. The term "cross-dressing" refers to an action or a behavior, without attributing or implying any specific causes or motives for that behavior. Cross-dressing is not synonymous with being transgender. Terminology The phenomenon of cross-dressing is seen throughout recorded history, being referred to as far back as the Hebr ...
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