Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is
celebrated.
The Pacific Music
Festival "Petronio
Álvarez", or simply
"El Petronio", is a
festival dedicated to
the music of the
Colombian Pacific
folklore or directly
related to it.
Where and It is held in the city
when it is of Santiago de Cali,
celebrated. Colombia in August
and lasts 5 days.

What
people People are usually
wear. dressed in colorful
and allusive to the
event, wearing
scarves, turbans,
exotic hairstyles,
food and beverages
from the Pacific
region.
 What people usually
people do. enjoy the food and
typical dishes of the
region, enjoy
concerts, regional
drinks, dancing,
singing, selling or
buying handicrafts
and clothing
.

Why it is a The Petronio

special Alvarez Festival
celebration. takes place in
Santiago de Cali,
the second city with
the largest Afro
population in Latin
America. Through
this Festival,
homage is paid to
the cultural richness
of the Afro-
descendant
communities and to
Cali as the capital
of the Colombian
Pacific.

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 Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.