Favorite carnival moments

My favorite moment in carnival was the "Batalla de Flores", in this, the people show different stuff about carnival through dances and parades, dressing colorful costumes and enjoying with those attending to the celebration.

That parade is made in two avenues in Barranquilla, the first one is the "vía cuarenta", an avenue parallel to the Magdalena river and the second is the 44 avenue that is less showy than the via 40 but the people enjoy it.

Tinariwen

1. What do we learn about Tuareg culture from this video

From the video we can infer that the tuareg people reflect different costumes, for example, The lyric had a content related to drink tea as a relax or meditation method, we can see that they wear a type of suit, that is a characteristic of eastern people.

2. Keeping in mind what you learned from this interview, how does

  seeing the visuals within the video and knowing the meaning of

  the lyrics give us a deeper understanding of Tuareg culture?

Ok, an explanation for the video content (lyrics and visual) could be that the Tuareg people have a eastern culture, they use a large dress that cover the body, also drink tea and they associate this with heal the heart from a determinated situation (dependency or a type of slavery)

Generally tuareg people try to preserve the costumes through this video, is a form to show to the world who are they.

Barranquilla - 2013 cultural capital

1. Why was Barranquilla chosen? 

Because Barranquilla has the form of show his culture doing different activities or events, like the carnival, where the barranquilleros represents our tradition through dances and parades.

In addition, barranquilla has been working to improve the culture through the remodelation of historic places that are a part of the city's culture.

2. Will Barranquilla receive any of the economic benefits 

Liverpool hoped to from being named a cultural capital?

Yes, this designation would increase the tourist business and the hotels building. Moreover, the people will want to show the culture thorugh the restaurants, older and historic places and this represent an economic benefit to Barranquilla.

An American in Uganda

1. What different points of view do we see in this story?

In this story there are 2 points of view, the first one about the the black man that performed different activities according to his lifestyle in Africa (toil and sweat). The second one refers to the white man that had a different life-view and behavior(comfortable). 

2. Explain the reasons behind the miscommunication that occurred 

between these two men.

The reasons are that the difference between the lifestyle, thinking, manners and life-view difficult the communication because the black man didn't grow with the same education that the white man had or the white man didn't know about the native stereotypes. These reasons doing a hard communication between them.