1. GERARDO MOLINA RAMIREZ SCHOOL
CARNIVAL OF BARRANQUILLA
NAME: SONIA ANDREA ORTIZ
DANIELA BERROTERAN
CAMILO PACHON
TEACHER: Miss MARTHA ROCIO LONDOÑO
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
GRADE: 801
SHIFT: MORNING
YEAR 2012

2. WHEN IS THE CARNIVAL OF
BARRANQUILLA?
• The Carnival of Barranquilla is the folk festival
and most important cultural in Colombia. It is
celebrated in April from the previous Saturday to
Tuesday Ash Wednesday, usually in February,
and sometimes early March.

3. WHERE IS THE CARNIVAL OF BARRANQUILLA?
• The carnival was born of the merger
between the old pagan festivals and
Catholic tradition imposed austerity and
penance during Lent. The carnival is
celebrated four days before the start of
Lent, people give to the party and revelry
and disguises in an act of fun and
disinhibition.

4. HOW LONG IS THE BARRANQUILLA’S CARNIVAL?
• It has a tradition of more than one hundred
years. The Carnival season begins the
second Saturday in January when the
holidays begin public and verbenas,
however, other activities directly related to
the carnival happen during much of the
year.

5. HOW MANY PEOPLE?
• More than 1 million people, visitors and
locals annually participate in the festival,
which takes place from Saturday through
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, usually in
February, and sometimes early March.

6. WHAT KIND OF MUSIC THE BARRANQUILLA
CARNIVAL?
• Carnival is a cultural event in which all
varieties express cultural and folklore of the
Caribbean Coast and the most diverse local
cultural events, popular music and dance. It
is the most representative of the city that
attracts and strangers.

7. WHO IS PERFORMING THE BARRANQUILLA
CARNIVAL
• Held Stop the Great Tradition, parade
instituted in 1967, which only presents
traditional folk groups, cumbiambas and
extras. The Great Parade floats parade
no. We also perform the Pipeline 40.

8. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST OF CARNIVAL
• The cost is 24 million in all Barranquilla
Carnival

9. ¿WHAT SPECIAL ABOUT IT BARRANQUILLA
CARNIVAL?
• The carnival was born of the merger between the old pagan
festivals and Catholic tradition imposed austerity and penance
during Lent. The carnival is celebrated four days before the
start of Lent, people give to the party and revelry and
disguises in an act of fun and disinhibition. The traditional
costumes carnival of Barranquilla are marimonda
(barranquillero single source), scribbles, Congo, El Torito and
morocco, the latter of European origin. Are of laughs and
scares all kinds of animal species, native and foreign, black
Africans; cabezones; insane; muñecotas, super-heroes,
mythological beings, gays and Death, between an almost
endless number of popular inventions. Features Barranquilla
Carnival masks are Torito, tiger and bear, among others. The
satirical costumes and alluding to current events are of
collective hilarity and cause great anticipation each year.