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Barranquilla's Carnival

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Barranquilla's Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals in the world. [1]

56 relations: Accordion, Ash Wednesday, Barranquilla, Barrio, Bomba (Ecuador), Boogaloo, Caña de millo, Caja vallenata, Carnival, Carnival in Colombia, Cha-cha-chá (music), Chalupa, Champeta, Culoepuya, Cumbia, Dancehall, Dominican Republic, Esther Forero, Fandango, Folklore, Guacharaca, Guaguancó, Hip hop, House, Juan Luis Guerra, King Momo, Latin jazz, LGBT community, List of bagpipes, List of festivals in Colombia, Mambo (music), Mapalé, Maraca, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Merengue music, Milly Quezada, Music of Colombia, Pachanga, Plena, Porro, Ragga, Rapping, Reggaeton, Rio Carnival, Salsa music, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Silvia Tcherassi, Son cubano, Son montuno, ..., Soukous, Spanish language, Structure, UNESCO, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, Vallenato. Expand index (6 more) »

Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German Akkordeon, from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type, colloquially referred to as a squeezebox.

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting and repentance.

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Barranquilla

Barranquilla is a city and municipality located in northern Colombia.

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Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning neighborhood.

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Bomba (Ecuador)

Bomba or Bomba del Chota is an Afro-Ecuadorian music, dance and rum al form from the Chota Valley area of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura and Carchi.

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Boogaloo

Boogaloo or bugalú (also: shing-a-ling, Latin boogaloo, Latin R&B) is a genre of Latin music and dance which was popular in the United States in the 1960s.

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Caña de millo

The caña de millo, flauta de millo or pito atravesao is a woodwind musical instrument of indigenous origin used in the cumbia music of Colombia's Caribbean coast.

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Caja vallenata

The caja, a drum similar to a tambora, is one of the three main or traditional instruments of the Vallenato music.

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Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

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Carnival in Colombia

The carnival in Colombia was introduced by the Spaniards.

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Cha-cha-chá (music)

Cha-cha-chá is a genre of Cuban music.

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Chalupa

A chalupa is a specialty of south-central Mexico, including the states of Puebla, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.

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Champeta

Champeta is a genre of folk music and dance originating in the Atlantic coastal regions of Colombia.

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Culoepuya

The culo'e puya drums, also known as culoepuya, culo e puya, or culepuya, are a battery of small drums originally from Venezuela, with a Kongo lineage.

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Cumbia

Cumbia folkloric rhythm and dance from Colombia.

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Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region.

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Esther Forero

Esther Forero Celis (10 December 1919 – 3 June 2011), better known as Esthercita Forero or "La Novia de Barranquilla", was a Colombian singer and composer.

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Fandango

Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping ("palmas" in Spanish).

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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Guacharaca

Guacharaca is a percussion instrument usually made out of the cane-like trunk of a small palm tree.

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Guaguancó

Guaguancó is a subgenre of Cuban rumba, combining percussion, voices, and dance.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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House

A house is a building that functions as a home.

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Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born June 7, 1957), known professionally as Juan Luis Guerra, is a Dominican singer, songwriter, composer, and producer.

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King Momo

King Momo or King Momos or King Momus, (Rei Momo in Portuguese or Rey Momo in Spanish) is considered the king of Carnivals in numerous Latin American festivities, mainly in Brazil and Colombia.

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Latin jazz

Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms.

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LGBT community

The LGBT community or GLBT community, also referred to as the gay community, is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, LGBT organizations, and subcultures, united by a common culture and social movements.

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List of bagpipes

No description.

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List of festivals in Colombia

The following is a list of festivals in Colombia, including arts festivals, music festivals, folk festivals, and cultural festivals, among other types.

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Mambo (music)

Mambo is a musical genre and dance style that developed originally in Cuba.

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Mapalé

The Mapalé is an Afro-Colombian style of dance that was brought over by the slaves, and representing the fishermen after a long day of work.

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Maraca

Maraca, sometimes called rumba shaker, shac-shac, and various other names, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.

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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible cultural heritage and encourage local communities to protect them and the local people who sustain these forms of cultural expressions.

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Merengue music

Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States which have Hispanic communities.

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Milly Quezada

Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, (born May 21, 1955) is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer.

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Music of Colombia

The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genres, both traditional and modern, according with the features of each geographic region, although it is not uncommon to find different musical styles in the same region.

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Pachanga

Pachanga is a genre of music which is described as a mixture of son montuno and merengue and has an accompanying signature style of dance.

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Plena

La Plena is a genre of music, chant and dance native to Ponce, Puerto Rico.

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Porro

The porro is a musical style and dance from the Caribbean region of Colombia.

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Ragga

Raggamuffin music, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a subgenre of dancehall and reggae music, in which the instrumentation primarily consists of electronic music.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Reggaeton

Reggaeton (also known as reggaetón and reguetón) is a music genre which originated in Puerto Rico during the late 1990s.

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Rio Carnival

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets.

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Salsa music

Salsa music is a popular dance music that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s.

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Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city of Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province.

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Santiago de Cuba Province

Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba.

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Silvia Tcherassi

Silvia Tcherassi (born August 21, 1965) is a Miami-based, fashion designer, born in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Son cubano

Son cubano is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern Cuba during the late 19th century.

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Son montuno

The son montuno is a subgenre of son cubano.

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Soukous

Soukous (from French secouer, "to shake") is a popular genre of dance music from the Congo Basin.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Structure

Structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.

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Vallenato

Vallenato, along with cumbia, is a popular folk music of Colombia.

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Redirects here:

Barranquilla Carnival, Carnaval de Barranquilla, Carnival in Barranquilla, Carnival of Barranquilla, El Carnaval de Barranquilla, La Guacherna.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barranquilla's_Carnival

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