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 The
celebrated. Barranquilla
Carnival is an
event in which
all the cultural
varieties and
folklore of the
Colombian
Caribbean
Coast are
expressed, as
well as the most
varied local
manifestations,
such as popular
music and
dance.

Where and In Latin America,

Carnival is
when it is celebrated 40
celebrated. days before Lent,
which begins on
Ash Wednesday,
and in turn
depends on the
date on which
Christian Holy
Week takes
place. ... In
Barranquilla, the
months in which
they take place
can go between
February and
March, always
ending on a
Tuesday.
What Some of the
people most traditional
costumes of the
wear. Barranquilla
carnival are the
Marimonda, the
Garabato, the
Congo and the
Monocuco.
Other elements
typical of
Barranquilla's
carnival are bull
masks, litanies,
festivals, as
well as satirical
costumes and
allusive to
current events
that become a
source of
collective
hilarity and that
cause great
expectation
every year.

What In the four days

people do. that the
Barranquilla
Carnival lasts,
there are
moments
expected by all,
such as the
Battle of
Flowers, which
consists of a
parade of floats,
comparsas,
groups of
dances and
costumes.
 Why it is a
special The Barquilla
celebration. Carnival is a
party that
exposes the
best of
Caribbean
folklore and has
managed to
position itself as
one of the most
important
events in
Colombia. Not
for nothing, this
currambera
festival was
declared by
UNESCO as a
Masterpiece of
the Oral and
Intangible
Heritage of
Humanity in
2003.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.