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Barranquilla's Carnival

(Spanish:Carnaval de Barranquilla)
Colombia's most important
folkloric celebration, and one
of the biggest carnivals in the
world.

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ORIGIN ORIGEN
Long ago there were popular hace tiempos haban fiestas
festivals like carnivals in the populares como carnavales en la
neighboring city of Cartagena ciudad vecina de cartagena, las
which were brought by Europeans cuales eran traidas por europeos
which flourished thanks to the las cuales florecieron gracias a las
mines of blacks, as time went by minas de negros, al pasar el
this faded what gave rise to the tiempo esto se desvanecio lo que
transfer of carnivals to le dio pie al traslado de
Barranquilla in the century 19. carnavales a barranquilla en el
there is no exact date of the first siglo 19. no hay fecha exacta del
carnalval of Barranquilla primer carnalval de brranquilla

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HISTORY HISTORIA
With the migration to Barranquilla Con la migracin a Barranquilla
came cultural expressions from llegaron expresiones culturales de
different regions. Dances, music, diferentes regiones. Danzas,
sculptures and customs were msica, esculturas y costumbres
mixed or remained intact to this se mezclaron o se mantuvieron
day. Many of these manifestations intactas hasta el da de hoy.
that are practiced today in the Muchas de estas manifestaciones
Carnival can still be seen in que hoy se practican en el
populations near the Magdalena Carnaval an se pueden apreciar
River; In other cases these en poblaciones vecinas al ro
dances disappeared from their Magdalena; en otros casos estas
places of origin. danzas desaparecieron de sus
lugares de origen.
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BECAUSE IT IS CELEBRATED POR QUE SE CELEBRA
se celebra para que se expresen Is celebrated to express and
y representen todas las represent all the cultural varieties
variedades culturales de la Costa of the Colombian Atlantic Coast,
Atlntica Colombiana, se da the folklore of the region, the
rienda suelta al folclor de la most varied local cultural
regin, a las ms variadas manifestations, music and dance
manifestaciones culturales are given free rein. It is, without a
locales, a la msica y al baile. doubt, the most representative
Constituye, sin lugar a dudas, el aspect of the city, a playful space
aspecto ms representativo de la that every year attracts its own
ciudad, un espacio ldico que and strangers.
cada ao atrae a propios y
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ACTIVIDADES
lo primero que se hace es elegir a la reina y el rey un mes

ACTIVITIES antes del carnaval.


sbado de carnaval
empieza con la batalla de las flores luego sigue el desfile de
The first thing to do is to choose the queen and the king one month carrozas que lo encabeza la reina, seguida de grupos
before the carnival. folclricos, cumbiambas y comparsas, organizado por primera
Saturday of carnival vez en 1903 por el general Heriberto Arturo Vengoechea para
begins with the battle of the flowers, followed by the parade of floats celebrar el fin de la Guerra de los Mil Das.
that the queen leads her, followed by folk groups, cumbiambas and Domingo de Carnaval.
comparsas, organized for the first time in 1903 by General Heriberto Se lleva a cabo la Gran Parada de Tradicin, desfile instituido
Arturo Vengoechea to celebrate the end of the War of the A thousand en 1967, donde solo se presentan grupos folclricos
days tradicionales, cumbiambas y comparsas. En la Gran Parada
Sunday of Carnival. no desfilan carrozas. Se realiza tambin en la Va 40.
The Great Parade of Tradition takes place, a parade instituted in 1967, lunes de Carnaval.
where only traditional folk groups, cumbiambas and comparsas are Se celebra el Festival de Orquestas (creado en 1969),14
presented. In the Great Parade do not parade floats. It is also done on desde las primeras horas de la tarde hasta la madrugada del
the Via 40. martes. En el Festival participan en las distintas categoras
Monday of Carnival. musicales las orquestas y agrupaciones que se presentan en
The Festival of Orchestras (created in 1969) is celebrated, 14 from the los numerosos bailes del carnaval.
first hours of the afternoon until the dawn of Tuesday. In the Festival Martes de Carnaval.
they participate in the different musical categories the orchestras and A manera de cierre se lleva a cabo el entierro de Joselito
groups that appear in the numerous dances of the carnival. Carnaval, el cual simboliza el fin de las festividades. En este
Tuesday of Carnival. da en muchos barrios de la ciudad se realizan jocosos
By way of closure, the funeral of Joselito Carnaval takes place, which "entierros"
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illegible or alegra de
symbolizes the end of the festivities. On this day in many las fiestas
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neighborhoods of the city jocular "burials" of Joselito are realized, translator.
personage that symbolizes the joy of the holidays

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costumes
During the Carnival of Barranquilla, the custom of wearing masks or disguise is a tradition well rooted and widely used. It is common to see adults
and children in the streets wearing not only costumes representative of the carnival as marimonda and monocuco, or of dances and comparsas
such as scribble and congo, are also seen costumes of characters from different settings as football players, presidents , Singers, actors, among
others, and even characters of the daily life of the local like the one of the palenqueras and the one of the madwoman .

Marimonda
The Marimonda in its beginnings defined to the barranquillero mocking and of few resources. To annoy the high
society of your city, that bar ...
The Descabezado, with its dying appearance, represents the so-called head cut, with which it was threatened
before ending the enemies ...
El Monocuco
"The monocuco" is the disguise of the individual who wanted to hide his identity ...
Black Palenqueras
It is a tribute to the admirable black women who adorn the beaches and streets of the Caribbean coast ...

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