CARNIVAL

THE
BARRANQUILLA

ANDRES CAMACHO
SOFIA BARAHONA
 WHAT IS BARRANQUILLA
CARNIVAL?
• The best party in Colombia, the Carnival of
Barranquilla, is lived the first quarter of each
year, a few days before Ash Wednesday.
However, the pre-carnival begins almost in mid-
January with a series of street parties where
dances, parades and parades take place. In the
celebrations participate about 500 folkloric
groups, international artists and all the people of
Barranquilla.
 HISTORY OF BARRANQUILLA
CARNIVAL
• The traditional novena of La Candelaria, in Cartagena de
Indias, served as a framework for sumptuous dances that in
the 18th century granted a holiday to the black muzzles
brought from Africa. These parties are the source of the main
dances of the Carnival of Barranquilla.

• 2002 El Carnaval de Barranquilla es declarado por el Senado

de la República Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación

• 1888 Surge la figura del Rey Momo (símbolo de la máscara).

• 1918 Alicia Lafaurie Roncallo fue elegida primera Reina del

Carnaval de Barranquilla
 TYPICAL SUITS

• The Marimonda
• efinía to the mocking barranquillero and of few
resources. To annoy the high society of your city.

• The monocuco
• He wanted to hide his identity during the party.
Tradition has it that wealthy men attracted to women
from other social classes came up with the disguise

• Joselito Carnival
• it symbolizes the joy, the feast, the merrymaking and the
disorder of this celebration of the God Momo. After 4
days of intense rumba dies
 TYPICAL DANCE

• Traditional dances:

• Dance of the Congo

• Doodle Dance
• Dance of the Mapalé
• Dance of Son in Black
• Relationships dances
• Dance of Paloteo
• Dance of the Goleros and Gallinazos