BARRANQUILLA'S CARNAVAL

Is Colombia's most important folklore celebration, one of the biggest carnivals in the world. The carnival has traditions that date back to the 19th century. Forty days before Holy Week, Barranquilla decks itself out to receive national and foreign tourists, and join together with the city's inhabitants to enjoy four days of intense festivities. During the carnival Barranquilla's normal activities are paralyzed because the city gets busy with street dances, musical and masquerade parades. Barranquilla´s Carnival includes dances like the Spanish paloteo, African congo and indigenous mico y micas. Many styles of Colombian music are also performed, most prominently cumbia, and instruments include drums and wind ensembles. The Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed Cultural Masterpiece of the Nation by Colombia's National Congress on 2002..^[1] Also the UNESCO, in Paris on November 7, 2003, declared it as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and it was during Olga Lucia Rodriquez Carnival Queen year.

The Carnival starts on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday with the Battle of the Flowers, which is considered one of the main activities. Then, The Great Parade on Sunday and Monday is marked by an Orchestra Festival with Caribbean and Latin bands. Tuesday signals the end of the carnival, announced by the burial of Joselito Carvajal, who is mourned by everyone.

Barranquilla´s Carnival slogan is: Who lives it,is who enjoys it.

5.The Historical Center Santa Cruz of Mompóx

 

                6. Barranquilla´s  Carnival

CULTURAL HERITAGE

The term ‘cultural heritage’ has not always meant the same thing. Recent decades have seen the concept of heritage—much like that of culture— undergoing a profound change.Having at one time referred exclusively to the monumental remains of cultures, heritage as a concept has gradually come to include new categories such as the intangible, ethnographic or industrial heritage. A noteworthy effort was subsequently made to extend the conceptualization and description of the intangible heritage. This is due to the fact that closer attention is now being paid to humankind, the dramatic arts, languages and traditional music, as well as to the informational, spiritual and philosophical systems upon which creations are based.The concept of heritage in our time accordingly is an open one, reflecting living culture every bit as much as that of the past.

3. Tierradentro's Archaeological National Park.

4. Archaeological Park of San Agustín

                             

2. Katíos’s National Park

FIRST REPORT

TITLE  OF PRESENTATION: This is Colombia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Short description of Colombia.

2. Eight pieces that are a heritage of the Humanity according to the UNESCO.

3. Surprising facts.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

We will do a presentation in power point, every one will explain your topic, through images and videos.

WHO IS DOING WHAT?

Jose Mario will explain the description of Colombia and surprising facts.

Carolina will explain the eight pieces that are a heritage of the Humanity according to the UNESCO.

CULTURAL HERITAGE: Eight pieces that are a heritage of the Humanity according to the UNESCO

1. The port, Fortaleza and Monumental Set of Cartagena de Indias.

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