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(Spanish:Carnaval de Barranquilla)
Colombia's most important
folkloric celebration, and one
of the biggest carnivals in the
world.
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Students: Mateogonzlaez otraga
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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The whole exposition is based on wikipedia and was translated with google
translator.
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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
All information displayed may be incorrect, or be illegible or misleading.
extraos. The whole exposition is based on wikipedia and was translated with google
translator.
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ACTIVIDADES
lo primero que se hace es elegir a la reina y el rey un mes
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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 ...