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A Time of Drunkeness and Debauchary.
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It is carnival time again. If you have been deported from Estados Unidos, welcome back, we know you have problems here to settle.
That neighbour who took part of the land you bought to build your dream home while you were gone for his driveway. The real estate woman who took off to Spain with the rent money from your investment unit, leaving you to evict the tenants.
Put all those problems aside for a couple of weeks, and come, enjoy the carnaval.
If you left the snows of Europe or North America welcome to Barranquilla. Winter here is non existent, make your first purchase a tube of sunscreen, or coconut oil if you prefer the natural.
You have arrived just in time.
The pre-carnaval parades have already begun, but it gets serious this Saturday with the Batalla de Flores (Battle of Flowers), which opens the carnival officially.
The Gran de Parada de Tradicion, The Gran Parada de Comparsas, are the main parades that follow, but there are hundreds of other parades throughout the suburbs of the city.
The Desfile del Rey Momo is one of the bigger ones.
It all ends four days later with Desfile de Joselito, a funeral parade to bury Joselito who, once again, drank…
