CARNIVAL OF BLACKS AND WHITES
The word carnival is also used to describe other type of festivities that are not placed in the time before Lent but that share similar elements such us marches of music groups.
In Colombia we find the carnival of Blacks and Whites, which is the celebration of Inti Yaco, it is held in Pasto and in other towns of nariño between 3 and 6 of January. The Carnival of Bogotá is held in August 6th, the foundation date of the city.
Introduced by the Spanish, the carnival in Colombia has added elements of the European culture and has synthesized and interpreted the traditions that belonged to the African and Indian culture of Colombia. There’s evidence which shows that the carnival had already existed in the country in the XVIII century and that caused disturbances among the authorities who banned the celebrations in the main powerful colonial cities such us Cartagena, Bogotá and Popayán. The carnival, as a consequence, had to continue its evolution in the villages and small towns, places that were not important at all and where the celebrations didn’t offend the elites.
In Colombia we find the carnival of Blacks and Whites, which is the celebration of Inti Yaco, it is held in Pasto and in other towns of nariño between 3 and 6 of January. The Carnival of Bogotá is held in August 6th, the foundation date of the city.
Introduced by the Spanish, the carnival in Colombia has added elements of the European culture and has synthesized and interpreted the traditions that belonged to the African and Indian culture of Colombia. There’s evidence which shows that the carnival had already existed in the country in the XVIII century and that caused disturbances among the authorities who banned the celebrations in the main powerful colonial cities such us Cartagena, Bogotá and Popayán. The carnival, as a consequence, had to continue its evolution in the villages and small towns, places that were not important at all and where the celebrations didn’t offend the elites.
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