Barranquilla's Carnival

Around the world, carnivals are known as a big party and a excuse to drink and loose control for a couple of days, but the real meaning and the work that is behind it are getting forgotten. Barranquilla's Carnival is an example of a big world carnival, because every year colombian and foreing people have the oportunity to enjoy a big party with good music for days, but with a lot of respect and tolerance for others, so problems are not a major thing to take care about. Not all people see the carnival at the same way, and I mean the diference between barranquilleros and tourists.

The tourists, see the carnival as a great time to have fun and know people, as well as knowing the city and all of the countrie's culture that is visible there. Is a time where anyone from the outside that lives outside the city enjoy a good weekend or vacations most of the time when that kind of festivals make a good memory and erase all the stresful situations that someone is living at work or maybe in the studies, not only that kind of thaughts makes the carnival on a tourist but also gives them a feeling wishing more like when someone want to stay in a place forever where no one can tell you what to do. All the world is yours and you can be yourself, no one else.

On the other hand, the barranquilleros' work is unknown, because all only want to have a good party an a good time for a few days, but the real effort that is behind a good carnival, people getting tired in a place where the temperature raise up to thirty degrees not everyone can do it, also with the huge presure of a lot of people expecting the best of you, it is hard. Being a good host is dificult for a city, because all the world will be looking at it, so people from there have to have a good knowledge and skills about carnivals, people don't realice the dificulty that this kind of things have, they only enjoy. The planning, dances, gifts, and other cool things that we all like takes a huge effort, so that is a good thing that makes Barranquilla's Carnival an especial an well known in the world.

In conclusion, all old carnivals, like Barranquilla's, are good for two principal reazons. How people can have a lot of fun and stays in a place where probles are not accepted there without being a pain on others, all the oposite, being an other reason for have fun and loose control with responsability for a couple of days. The other one is all the work and effort that is behind the main event is not a thing to put on a side, it's a thing that all have to have in their minds to be part with the citizens and stay closer with the real meaning of the carnival.