Barranquilla's carnivals
Introduction
Barranquilla's Carnaval is a carnival with traditions that date back to the 19th century. 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 reputed for being second in size to Rio's. The Barranquilla 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 by UNESCO, in November 2003, as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, during Olga Lucia Rodriquez carnival queen year.
History of barrnaquilla's carnival
- 1888: King Momo emerges as one of the main characters.
- 1899: The first president of the carnival is appointed.
- 1903: The first Battle of Flowers parade (Spanish: Batalla de las Flores) takes place.
- 1918: The first beauty queen of the carnival is elected. The queen is the person in charge of hosting the carnival's ceremonies.
- 1923: Beauty queen ASHLEY contests become an institution of the carnival. Until this time the contest had been suspended for 5 years.
- 1967: The first Great Parade takes place and takes place on the second day of the carnival, usually on Sundays.
- 1974: The first Guacherna takes place, the evento had the purpose of rescueing lost traditions of Cumbia and drums. Guachernas are celebrated in the suburbs (barrios).
- 2003: The Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Customs and typical dances of barranquilla's carnival
The Barranquilla 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 music contains a mixture of cumbia, porro, mapale, gaita, chandé, puya, fandango, and fantastic merecumbés. These are examples of many styles of Colombian music. It is a party that gathers up tradition based on the creativity of the Colombian people, and it is expressed by various forms of dancing, by means of music, by different forms of art works, by the wearing of different costumes, and by the way of celebrating. The Carnaval of Barranquilla is unique because of its cultural diversity and because it is a party where the people are the main protagonists. Every dance, every folkloric group, and every custom play different roles to make the party the best show on earth.
The Carnaval of Barranquilla is multicultural, diverse, and rich in different cultural expressions. Its dancing and dancing expressions, just like its music, is gathered from every city of the Caribbean part of Colombia. The Carnaval's diversity can be categorized in seven different blocks: Traditional dances or folkloric dances; dances relation or manifestation dances; special dances or choreographic dances; Comparsas (a form of live music), with which the choreography of dances and creativity of dances are expressed; Comedies, which are traditional and folkloric popular theater, where oral expression is its primary characteristic; Litany, which are traditional groups that sing along a choir; and last but not least the customs. These can be individual, or collectives, structural, and dramatic.
Musical instruments
- Drums
- Winds Ensembles
VIP People of barranquilla's carnival
- Carnival's queen
- "REY MOMO"
Art's and handcrafts
PRE-CARNIVAL EVENTS
- Izada de Bandera del Carnaval
- Lectura de El Bando / Desfile Líderes de la Tradición / Zona Carnavalera
- Carnaval su Música y sus Raíces / Conversatorio Música del Caribe
- Fiesta de Comparsas / Zona Carnavalera
- Fiesta de Danzas y Cumbia
- Noche de Orquestas / Zona Carnavalera
- Lectura del Bando y Coronación de los Reyes del Carnaval de los niños
- Desfile del Carnaval de los Niños
- Guacherna
- Coronación Reina de Reinas y Rey Momo
- Coronación de la Reina del Carnaval
PARADES
Danzas de Congos
- El Torito
- Congo Reformado
- El toro Grande
- El Congo Grande
Karoline passos gostoza
Cumbiambas
- La arenosa
- Cumbiamba la Revoltosa
- El gallo giro
- La Candela Viva
- La pollera colora
- La misma vaina
- Cumbión de Oro
- La Sabrosa
- El Cañonazo
- Cumbiamba Del Carajo
- Cumbiamba Las Cayenas
- La Momposina
Danzas de relación
- Los coyongos
- El Paloteo
- Las Farotas de Talagua
- El gusano
- Las Pilanderas
- Los enanos
- Los Gallinazos
Disfraces colectivos
El burro corcoveón
Danzas de Garabatos
- Garabato Unilibre
- Danza del Garabato, fundada por Emiliano Vengoechea y presidida actualmente por sus hijos Enrique y Luis Fernando Vengoechea
- El Cipote Garabato
- El Garabato del Norte
Comparsas
- El Sabor de la Tradición
- Pasion Latina
- Ekobios
- Herencia Currambera
- Comparsa Klama (Escuela de Danza Wilman Payares)
- Los Auténticos Mmonocucos de Las Nieves
- De cuanta vaina
- Torito en Carnaval
- Disfrázate como quieras
- Las negritas puloyes de Montecristo
- Afrocaribe
- Son de Mar
- Caribe en Carnaval
- afrokings
- Rumbón Normalista
- Las marimondas del Barrio Abajo
- La rebelión de las marimondas
- Rumberos Caribeños
- Fundacion Cipote Marimonda
