The Carnival of Barranquilla is Colombia’s most important folkloric and cultural event. Nearly 2 million people, between visitors and locals, participate annually in the festival.
The Carnival of Barranquilla 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. The many costumes that invoke all kinds of animal species, native and strange, are cause for laughter and frights; African blacks; bobbleheads; insane; dolls; Superheroes; mythological beings who transcend the limits of sexuality and death, among an almost endless number of famous inventions and occurrences. Some of the most traditional costumes of the Barranquilla Carnival are the Marimonda, the Garabato, the Congo and the Monocuco. Other typical elements of the Carnival of Barranquilla are bull masks, litanies, festivals, and satirical costumes alluding to current events that become a reason for collective hilarity and cause great expectation every year. Continue reading on Wikipedia.