BARRANQUILLA´S CARNIVAL

By: Paola Saboya, Lina Valeria Cuadros & Valeria Velasquez.

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 Caribean 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 DAYS 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 and they were costumes, they dance and enjoy all day.

TRADITIONAL DANCES Garabato: This costumes means between the

live and the death. Marimonda: This costume is a mock of the

high class. Monocuco: This costume is the monkeys that

steal the food of the people. 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.

Garabato Marimonda Monocuco

Black Puloy Caiman

Cabezones

Enanos Mapale

Cumbia Pilanderas