Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is
celebrated.
Blacks And Whites
Carnival

Where and The Carnival of Blacks

when it is and Whites is
celebrated. celebrated in San
Juan de Pasto, in the
Department of Nariño,
Colombia.
It is celebrated from
January 2 to 7 of each
year.

What people make up their

people faces in black and the
wear. next in white
the people of the
groups wear costumes
in honor of the
cultures.

Carnival celebrations
constitute an
indigenous cultural
show that expresses a
 perfect fusion of all the
cultural influences that
were found throughout
the centuries in this
region: indigenous
rituals, cultural
expressions of
Spaniards and African
culture.

What Individual costumes

Comparsas on foot: groups
people do. with costumes and
allegorical motifs to the
carnival
Murgas: groups of several
dozen musicians.
Mini-floats or non-
motorized floats: Up to 6 x
12 meters high moved by
manual or bicycle traction.
Floats up to 8 meters high
x 16 meters long), carried
on trucks or trailers, in
which comparsas
composed of tourists or
pastuses who pay a right of
passage to participate in
them, wear a costume that
identifies each float.
Why it is a
special This celebration is
celebration. special for
Colombians, its
purpose is to rescue
everything that has
been lost from Latin
American Andean
cultures. The Black
and White Carnival in
2019 commemorates
its tenth anniversary
as a World Heritage
Site.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.