Favorite Carnival Moments

The carnival for me this year was super relax and calm. I didn't go out to any parade, I just stayed in my peaceful home; that because my family didn't want to get crazy about the carnivals and we prefer to stayed together, in family,  in our home.

But Monday, I went out with my mother and my sister to a friend's cottage in Turipana and we spend incredible and funny time together. Those were my calm carnivals.
 

After watching...

Tinariwen’s Iswegh Attay Video

Questions:

1. What do we learn about Tuareg culture from this video? 

2. Keeping in mind what you learned from this interview, how does seeing the visuals within the video and knowing the meaning of the lyrics give us a deeper understanding of Tuareg culture?` 
 

Answers:

1. By watching this video, we can learned and infer that the Tuareg culture is very attached to their traditions and also, they are very spiritual and ritualistic people. Only with the fact that they prepare the tea in that way they shows us that, in addition, they're very meticulous.

2. Seeing the visual the visuals within the video and knowing the meaning of the lyrics give us a deeper understanding of Tuareg culture because it show to us the different colors, the people behavior, etc. Also, by seeing this, we learned about their culture, their traditions and the meaning that has to them, and the combination of sound and images give us an idea of what we can find if we go to this place.

After reading...

Barranquilla being the Cultural Capital of 2013

Questions:

1. Why was Barranquilla chosen? 

2. Will Barranquilla receive any of the economic benefits Liverpool hoped to from being named a cultural capital?

Answers:

1. Barranquilla was chosen Cultural Capital from five candidates thanks for its strong determination to make culture a strategic element of social cohesion, civic revitalization, economic development and international projection. Also, for the positivism that has its people.

2. By naming Barranquilla as the American Capital of Culture, this will promote the city internationally through agreements that the bureau has with different channels, like "Antena 3" of Spain and Discovery Networks Latin America; and by doing this, our city will grow like a touristic destination, which will benefit the city's economy.