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