FAVORITE Carnival MOMENTS

One of the features that represents me is that I'm an introvert person. I like much more the idea of staying at home watching TV than go to events or parties. That's why I don't consider carnival as part of my culture, however, I think that the events are really interesting.

Due to all these, my favorite moments during these days don't have any relation with carnival. So, I would say that those moments were sleep a longer time every morning and on Monday when I met with my friends to see movies.

Tuareg Culture

1. It’s noticeable that Tuareg people are very ritualistic, spiritual, methodic and passionate.  By the video it’s evident that for them, drinking tea makes part of their tradition and has a maybe spiritual meaning.

2. This video gives an idea of how Tuareg culture may be, it transmits a peaceful feeling, shows their kind of clothing, rhythms and language.  With the help of the translation it was possible to understand the lyrics that represent their culture that is very different from ours and open our mind to new things.

Barranquilla, capital of culture 2013

Barranquilla was chosen as the American Capital of Culture 2013 by the Bureau Internacional de Capitales Culturales. One of the most influential decisions why this decision was taken is that the president of that entity was really impressed with the city because it shows the importance of its culture, but most of all, by the positivism of the city and its international projection.

The text doesn’t specifically mention whether Barranquilla will receive the expected economic benefits, however, it may be that because of this recognition the city will have the opportunity to get these, since it will be possible to promote it internationally through agreements that the Burear has with the channels Antena 3 and Discovery Networks, which can cause a great impact on foreign countries allowing the development of potential economic opportunities.

Two worlds collide

1. We can appreciate two different point of views in this history. On one side is the black man, who don’t have an easy life because he has to work really hard to meet their needs, but he's used to it due to he don´t know anything else, he thinks that the white consider him as an insignificant person, but he’s just trying to do all that he can to get any help. On the other side is the white man, who counts with a much better lifestyle than the black man because he don’t have to deal with the same kind of problems that the black men due to he has a good economic situation, so he thinks that the black man is trying to disturb him and at the same time take advantage of him.

2.
* Both persons grow up in different conditions, that’s why they are separated by a lot of categories like class, education, culture and language, so they couldn’t resolve their differences because these were many and they were unable to reach mutual agreement in spite of how much they talk.
* They don’t have to deal with the same everyday situations, what makes really difficult that they understand to each other.

Introducing me (:

Hi everyone! I'm Amanda Betancourth, an student at Uninorte. I'm from Buga, Valle del Cauca. I moved to Barranquilla with my family eight years ago, so now I consider myself as part of this community. I have seventeen years old and I'm in third semester of Industrial Engineer. I love watching TV, listening to music and playing with my beautiful dog named Sasha in my spare time. My favorite TV shows are The Big Bang Theory, Awkward, Friends and The Walking Dead. This is all about me for now, I hope you can know me better as you read my posts in the blog.

Until next time =D

Sasha :3