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 The Barranquilla
celebrated. Carnival is the most
important folk and
cultural event in
Colombia. Nearly
one million people,
including visitors
and locals,
participate annually
in the party.

Where and It begins on the

when it is Saturday before Ash
celebrated. Wednesday and
ends on the
Tuesday
immediately after.
All this happens on
track 40 in
Barranquilla.
 What people Many costumes that
wear. invoke all kinds of
animal species,
native and strange;
African blacks;
stubborn
mythological beings,
who transcend the
limits of sexuality
and Death, ect.
What people The carnival
do. combines story
elements such as
costumes, groups
that sing songs,
parades and street
parties.

Why it is a The Barranquilla

special Carnival is a World
celebration. Heritage Site
because it brings
together emblematic
expressions of the
memory and identity
of the people of
Barranquilla, the
Colombian
Caribbean and the
Rio Grande de La
Magdalena.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.