The Catholic Church on Friday criticized the mass distribution of condoms at the Barranquilla carnival claiming it does not send the right message to festival goers. After Colombia’s secretary of…
The world famous Barranquilla carnival on Thursday night kicked off with a 400-person meticulously choreographed dance.
The northern Colombian city of Barranquilla is set to erupt on February 9 when one of Colombia’s largest and most important celebrations, the 200th Barranquilla carnival, begins.
Colombia’s culture minister on Saturday inaugurated Barranquilla’s pre-carnival, a series of festivities preceding the city’s carnival that will kick off on February 9. Minister Mariana Garces officially opened the carnival’s…
The daughter of the president of Colombia’s Conservative Party was elected Queen of the Barranquilla carnival Thursday amid accusations of nepotism. The queen of the upcoming carnival, Daniela Cepeda, is…
Barranquilla authorities said Wednesday that the city’s carnival drew more than a million people between Friday and Tuesday. In its final balance of the city’s most important cultural event of…
Barranquilla crowned the queen of queens Monday in the city’s traditional carnival beauty pageant. Local beauty Lina Machado took over the honor of last year’s winner Yesenia Consuegra. Apart from…
Local newspaper El Heraldo en reggaeton act Dragon y Caballero both made videos of what the first day of Barranquilla’s carnival was like. The newspaper did so from the audience’s…
The Barranquilla carnival, one of Colombia’s most important cultural events, kicked off Saturday with the extravagant Battle of the Flowers. Apart from local carnival groups, some of Colombia’s most famous…