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Name: Laura Barbosa Alexa López Felipe Rodríguez Angelica Duran
Teacher: Miss Martha Rocio Londoño
Subjet: English
Grade: 802
Shift: Morning
When is the celebrat ion of Black and white?
It is celebrated every year from January 4 to January 6 .
where is the celebration of the Carnival of Black and
White?
It is celebrated every year in Pasto an Andean city placed in the west of Colombia.
PASTO
The Carnival of blacks and whites lasts three days.
How many days does the Black and White Carnival last?
How many people attend it?
The carnival receives approximately 300.000 of visitor proceeding of other cities and countries.
what kind of Music do they listen?
la Guaneña, el Trompo
Sarandengue, Son Sureño el inflatable
Sandoná between others
Who is performingThe festival?
It remembers the times of slavery when the Spanish Crown allowed a day of freedom for blacks and the next day, playing whites, under a rain.
How much does it cost
The carnival of black and white has a budget of $1’000.000 approximately
What’s special about it?
The Carnival of Blacks and Whites gives a recognition to both races in the same way.
In Colombia, the year begins with the Carnival of Blacks and Whites, one of the most memorable holidays of the country in which the character of the pastusos stop to see his more animated side.
The city of Pasto has been knows historically as the point of meeting and crossing way of different people and colonies.
cosmetics, powder, music and floats with giant sculptures built by craftsmen are one of the most interesting and beautiful characteristic of this Carnival.