The Barranquilla Carnival

Barranquilla Carnival is the largest and most important festival of Barranquilla, the most festive and colorful Colombia, besides being one of the most recognized in the world. More than a million and half people, visitors and Barranquilla participate in the party. It is celebrated from Saturday through Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, usually in February and sometimes early March. Has a tradition of over one hundred years. The carnival season begins the second Saturday of January, when public holidays begin and festivities, however, other activities directly related to the carnival happen during part of the year.

The Carnival is a cultural event which express and represent all cultural varieties of the Colombian Caribbean Coast, it unleashes the folklore of the region, the most diverse local cultural events, music and dancing. It is, certainly, the most representative of the city, a ludic space that annually attracts locals and visitors. Therefore, the popular presenter and journalist Marco Pérez Caicedo, said: «¡Se murió Pindanga, qué luto ni qué carajo, que viva el carnaval!».

For its variety and cultural wealth, the Carnival of Barranquilla has won two major awards: "Cultural Patrimony of the Nation ', in declaration issued by the National Congress of Colombia on November 26, 2001, and" Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Patrimony of Humanity ', granted by UNESCO in Paris on November 7, 2003. 

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