In 2003, the Carnival of Barranquilla was the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Carnival is the result of the confluence of cultures Spanish, African and Indian. To this are added the subsequent migration of cultures such as Arabic (Syria and Lebanon), Asian (Chinese), Jewish and European (German, French, English and Italian).
All came together in Barranquilla and were enriching cultural expression, dance, music and food, gathered in a carnival that always, whatever happens, making the city the first weeks of the year. Four days of celebration, ending with the burial of Joselito, Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday.
The Carnival tradition of Western origin evoking ancient rites of propitiation earlier Greek and Roman gods to Christianity, came to the New World with the Europeans.
