Muñecas Artesanales

Negrita Puloy

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:51:49 +0000

The costume of the Negrita Puloy for the Carnival was based in a Venezuelan detergent character in the sixties. Nowadays around seventy joyful women parade in the group of the Negrita Puloy in the Carnival of Barranquilla.

Cumbiamberas

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:30:42 +0000

Cumbia is the main dance in the Carnival of Barranquilla. In this dance men court women and women flirt in response. Cumbia comes from musical and cultural syncretism of indigenous, black and, to a lesser extent, Europeans in the region of the Magdalena River’s delta.

Carnival of Barranquilla

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:16:47 +0000

The Carnival of Barranquilla is the most important celebration in Barranquilla. Through this celebration the dances and tradition come to life uniting each and everyone involved. The dancer becomes the spectator and the spectator becomes a dancer.Everyone participates and lives the joy of the Carnival!

It takes place for four days preceding Ash Wednesday. During the carnival the city of Barranquilla’s normal activities are paralyzed because the city gets busy with street dances, musical and masquerade parades. Barranquilla’s Carnival is known for being second in size to Rio de Janeiro’s.

This Carnival has its origins in a Carnival that came to America from Spain in the 19^th Century. Today, tradition takes place in form of dances, music, and art. The Carnival of Barranquilla is unique because of its cultural diversity. The mix of cultural heritage from Spain and cultural references from the Caribbean Colombia combine to make this celebration the best show on earth.

The Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed by UNESCO, in November 2003, as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.