The Barranquilla Carnival is a four day cultural event of music, dancing, colour and public exhibitions that allows the region to display the ethnic diversity. It is also becoming well known as the second largest carnival in the world. It is held annually on a Saturday, three days prior to Ash Wednesday.
The Carnival is a mixture of many wonderful traditions that have flourished over the past three centuries from a range of cultural and religious customs. These traditions include the Battle of the Flowers, the Grand Parade and the funeral of Joeselito Carnival. 
Battle of the Flowers
The Battle of the Flowers is the starting celebration of the Carnival, and also one of the most symbolic. It begins on the first Saturday of the carnival. The Battle of the Flowers is a parade of floats and disguised people that include King Momo and the carnival Queen.The Grand Parade
The Grand Parade takes place on both the Sunday and the Monday and shows many of the local dances such as the Torito folk dance, the dance of Garabato and the Hilanderous dancers. Another element of the grand parade is the 84th street
parade. This is a colourful event and shows the queen of the carnival dressed in black as a distraught widow, weeping until she faints. Following this the parade is an outburst of colours and dancers.
Funeral of Joselito Carnival
The funeral is the final event of the
carnival where Joselito is symbolically buried
surrounded by his weeping widows .
surrounded by his weeping widows .
