Festivals and carnivals around the world

                                                      WHAT IS BARRANQUILLA´S CARNIVAL

Barranquilla´s carnival is Colombia´s most important folklore celebretion, and is the biggest carnival in the world behind the Rio the Janeiro carnival.

 Is a cultural event in which the people demostrate the traditions of the Caribbean Coast.

 

Barranquilla´s Carnival was created in the century XIX.It start the second Saturday of January and last four days of intense festivities.

 

   Barranquilla normal activities are paralyzed because the city  gets busy with street dances, musical  and masquerade parades.   

THE ROUTIN OF THE FOUR DAY

Saturday: Is the flower war in which the people pass with carriages and based in that they select the queen.  Two groups pass to celebrate the 1000 days of war.

Sunday: All the day is only misic & dance and this day are not carriege.

Monday: Only musical groups and bands compete for the gold congo.

Tusday: The towns celebrate  Joselito´s funeral, they were costumes, they dance and enjoy all day.

 

TRADITIONAL DANCES

Garabato: Is a tipical dance of the atlantic coast, that costumes means between the live and the  death.

   Marimonda: This costume is a mock of  the high class.

   Monocuco: They represent the monkeys that steal the food of the people that were passing.

   Black Puloy: They paint red their lips and they use mask with big eyes.

Caiman: There was a little girl that was dancing and a coocodrile  eat her when  the mom arrive.

 

¢Cabezones: The persons put costumes of people with big heads and small arm.

¢Enanos: Big and crazy heads with small arms.

¢Mapale: Is a energetic dance with too much energy.

¢Cumbia: Is a dance that is in pairs.

¢Pilanderas: They take out the rice and the corn.

 

THE PRICE OF THEIR EFFORT

The Queen of the carnaval select the best house decoratet for the carnaval based on their effort and give a price of one million pesos.

WE INVATED YOU TO VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL CARNIVAL!!!!