Palenque

After watching both videos I found out that in both of them the dancers express through their movements their feelings. It’s a way of expressing their cultural believes. Both dances have similarities, like the clothes used by the participants of each video, they both used long dresses.

Kenyan Makatu drivers

1. How are matatu drivers treated in his experience with the BBC? 

• they are trated like they´re not people because pepole think that they are not good persons but the reality is that they dont know the matatu drivers and not all are bad.

2. Do Barranquilleros have the same negative opinion of mototaxistas as the Kenyans have of matatu drivers?

• in barranquilla think different when someone is in a moto, for example if you are walking and a moto pass next to you people here usually will be scared and walk faster because they think that they would  rob their but maybe of the mototaxista would do but not all. Barranquilla Goverment has to improve the security so we can walk without the preocupation of something wrong will pass to us.

Juan Camilo Soto

Favorite Carnival Moments

Favorite Carnival Moments

my favorite carnivals moments was at the dann carlton hotel party, and in the "batalla de flores" the other days  i went to parties, drinking with friends. I enjoy a lot this days of carnival. I want next year be here to enjoy carnivals again.

Juan Camilo Soto

Tuareg Culture

1. 1)What do we learn about Tuareg culture from this video? 
   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?`
   
   
   
   
   1) in this video we can learn about taureg culture how they are, for example the way he prepared the tea, how they are with women and how they treat her, we also can learn about hoy they wear.
   
   
   2) with the video we can understand how carefully they are for example when the man in the video was preparing the tea that show a lot about they personality and they customs.
   
   
   Juan Camilo Soto 

Barranquilla - 2013 Cultural Capital

Barranquilla - 2013 Cultural Capital

1. Why was Barranquilla chosen? 

Barranquilla was choosen first because the managment of our major that was inside this project, then Bureau Internacional de Capitales Culturales look that Barraquilla is a city with a lot of projection to the future and that was a key to be choosen by Bureau.

2. Will Barranquilla receive any of the economic benefits Liverpool hoped to from being named a cultural capital?

yes, this is and important thing for barranquilla because now the other important cities and countries will see barranquilla different with respect. and this could improve our economy because the importants companys and monopoly would be like to do businees with barranquilla.

Juan Camilo Soto.