{"id":9411,"date":"2016-02-04T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=9411"},"modified":"2016-02-04T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T21:53:00","slug":"carnival-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/carnival-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days we are enjoying the Carnival (<em>Carnaval<\/em>, en espa\u00f1ol) season all over the world, mainly in countries that follow the Christian tradition. Carnival comes 40 days before Easter (<em>Pascua<\/em>)and takes place during the three days before Ash Wednesday (<em>Mi\u00e9rcoles de ceniza<\/em>). More or less all countries respect the calendar, but traditions and celebrations are very different across the globe. Let&#8217;s have a look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Bolivia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/i5bz0FozfLo\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/i5bz0FozfLo<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Video by\u00a0<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf1t0DwHEYOAP-LIh1m9Xmg\">VICOCOL BOLIVIA<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Carnival in Bolivia reveals a syncretism between Pagan and Christian beliefs. Colorful costumes, folklore music and dances and parades are not as seen as, for example, those from Brazil. However, Carnival is a very important tradition in Bolivia\u00a0including\u00a0<em>Diabladas<\/em>, a procession of devils (<em>diablos<\/em>)that honour Mother Earth and bring prosperity to the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Colombia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carnavales de pasto 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o881gssc1AI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Video by\u00a0<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPTRlS7eyfYrNQ-Q-Y66wNQ\">DANIEL GUERRERO<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colombia celebrates Carnaval de blancos y negros (Black and White Carnival) at least a month before the rest of the world. This celebration is from pre-Columbian times, and it was forbidden during the time of the colony. This is an Andean indigenous tradition. The mixture with Spanish and African elements of celebration created this festivity, that has been declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity by the UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Uruguay<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Montevideo Carnival, Uruguay - Carnaval Montevideo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8j0S1DxNtkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Video by\u00a0<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCF5L7XQEUdXEGh2Pp2v1wHg\">Sightseer.TV &#8211; Buenos Aires<\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"hps\">Renowned<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">is also the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Montevideo<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Carnival<\/span>, which\u00a0<span class=\"hps\">is the longest<\/span>\u00a0C<span class=\"hps\">arnival in the world<\/span> (<span class=\"hps\">it lasts<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">40 days).\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hps\">This carnival<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">has two<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">main aspects<\/span><span class=\"\">, which<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">are not antagonistic<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">but complementary<\/span>: <em>las murgas <\/em>or\u00a0<span class=\"hps\">street choirs<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Spanish<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">origin,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">whose lyrics<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">are rich<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"hps\">humor and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">social<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and political<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">satire\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"hps\">and played<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">an important<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">socio-<\/span>cultural role <span class=\"hps\">during the dictatorship<\/span> <span class=\"hps atn\">(<\/span><span class=\"\">1973-1984<\/span>), <span class=\"hps\">and<\/span> <em><span class=\"hps\">candombe,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"hps\">of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">black<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">African<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">origin, which<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">recreates<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the African origins of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the slaves<\/span>\u00a0during the\u00a0<span class=\"hps\">colonial<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">era, with its<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">costumes<\/span>, songs <span class=\"hps\">and dances<\/span>, cultures and religions.<\/p>\n<p>This is a video of the song &#8220;Una canci\u00f3n a Montevideo&#8221;, written and interpreted by\u00a0Mauricio Ubal, which combines both <em>murgas<\/em> and <em>candombe<\/em>. We hope you enjoy it and maybe celebrate a bit differently this year! \u00a1Feliz carnaval!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carnavaleros. Una canci\u00f3n a Montevideo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ES72IEWfdyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Video by\u00a0<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8R76Bf4gz1vGJHk8KXbl5g\">H\u00e9ctor Tierno<\/a><\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Una canci\u00f3n a Montevideo<br \/>\nCon su voz marinera encantada,<br \/>\nviene un viento inventor de avenidas.<br \/>\nViene un cerro patr\u00f3n de miradas,<br \/>\nque va hundi\u00e9ndose all\u00ed en la bah\u00eda.<br \/>\nVienen \/ sue\u00f1os,<br \/>\nvienen \/ pueblos &#8230;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Con su voz de boliches y grillos,<br \/>\nvienen soles de ropa tendida.<br \/>\nCiudadela de muros heridos,<br \/>\npreguntando qu\u00e9 fue de la vida.<br \/>\nVienen \/ cielos,<br \/>\nvienen \/ fuegos &#8230;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Viene amar,<br \/>\nviene amar,<br \/>\nviene amar a este Montevideo.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Vienen los sombreros \/ llenos de tranv\u00edas,<br \/>\nvienen los tambores \/ llenos de glicinas.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Vienen las sirenas \/ la radio prendida<br \/>\ny en medio del temporal &#8230;<br \/>\nviene un tango en un estuche de malv\u00f3n<br \/>\na llorar porque ha perdido una ciudad<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Viene amar,<br \/>\nviene amar,<br \/>\nviene amar a este Montevideo.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Vienen navidades \/ gorriones antiguos,<br \/>\ncantores de carnaval &#8230;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Esos techos de rambla infinita,<br \/>\nesas voces con techos de nada.<br \/>\nTodo viene a esta mansa bah\u00eda,<br \/>\nmar de fondo de nuestras palabras.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Viene, \/ duele,<br \/>\ncae en la hondura &#8230;<br \/>\nde cada soledad.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Viene amar, viene amar,<br \/>\nviene amar a este Montevideo.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Viene mar, viene amar<br \/>\nviene mar de este Montevideo.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days we are enjoying the Carnival (Carnaval, en espa\u00f1ol) season all over the world, mainly in countries that follow the Christian tradition. Carnival comes 40 days before Easter (Pascua)and takes place during the three days before Ash Wednesday (Mi\u00e9rcoles de ceniza). More or less all countries respect the calendar, but traditions and celebrations are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/carnival-in-latin-america\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,2617],"tags":[1990,1991,358362,358371],"class_list":["post-9411","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-videos","tag-carnaval","tag-carnival","tag-culture","tag-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9415,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9411\/revisions\/9415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}