Barranquilla's Carnival

The carnival was declared as oral and immaterial patrimony of the humanity. The carnival begins with the reading of the decree, together with his pre carnivals, coronation of the queen and the night of guacherna

Barranquilla's carnival is celebrated 4 days before the Ash Wednesday. In its first day the battle of flowers is celebrated; it treats of that ours sovereign during the tour it throws flowers to the spectators,they spend the most beautiful carrosas , the best extras and and different queens.

 On the second day the great tradition parade is celebrated; as he says his name treats of the parade of the custome and traditional dances of Barranquilla that they are:

- The dance of the scrawl 

- The cumbiambas
- The groups of letanias   

- The marimonda 

- The torito        

- The congo

- The monocuckoo 

- Boldface puloy
- Maria moñitos

                                                            

On the third day the great parade of fantasy is celebrated; it is a requirement of the parade that the customs  must be of beautiful , in this event it is traditional that carrosas don’t pass by as in the battle flowers, on the same day  the festival  orchestras is also celebrated.

   

On the fourth day Joselito's death is celebrated; this symbolizes the end of the carnivals. It is traditional that his burial must be scandalous and full of  weeping scene .Joselito was representing the happiness of the carnival, this personage dies on Tuesday but it returns to life next year.

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Colombian music can be divided into four musical zones:

The Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast, the Andean region and Los Llanos.

The Caribbean (Atlantic) music vibrates with hot rhythms, such as the cumbia, porros and mapalé.

The music from the Pacific coast, such as the currulao, with a strong use of drums, is tinged with Spanish influence.

The Colombian Andean music has been strongly influenced by Spanish rhythms and instruments, and differs noticeably from the Indian music of Peru or Bolivia. Among the typical forms are the bambuco, pasillo guabina and torbellino, played with string instruments like tiple guitarra, and also with piano.

The music of Los Llanos, "música llanera", is usually accompanied by a harp, cuatro (a sort of four-string guitar) and maracas. It has much in common with the music of the Venezuelan Llanos.

Apart from these traditional forms, two newer musical styles have conquered large parts of the country. These are "la salsa" which has spread throughout the Pacific coast, and the "vallenato", which emanated from La Guajira and Cesar (northern part of the Caribbean coast). The latter is based on the European accordion.

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