BARRANQUILLA CUSTOMS

©    Getting People

The people in Barranquilla are very sociable. They really like talk and meet new people.

There are several ways in which they can do this. One of these are the parties of friends and relatives is the better moment for have a new friend, at parties their friends or relatives introduce them new people.

Another way to increase their number of friends is in the internet; in this there are several web sites to help them to meet people from the same city, different parts of the country or even other countries. It’s help much for people who want to meet new friends or they want to find their better half.

The people here usually shake hands and smile when they meet are very friendly.

 

 © Eating Traditional Food

Barranquilla's gastronomy is vast and varied, thanks to the mix of cultures that bring diversity and flacon in their dishes, especially we must stress the Caribbean influence typical dishes should be noted smooth rice, the boca chico in goat, pigeon pea stew with salt beef, the sausage, cassava rolls, clean, and angel ear, the egg arepa, the caribañolas, patties, head rice black beans.

Also offers other cuisines such as Barranquilla Peruvian cuisine, Chinese and Japanese, Lebanese, Brazilian cuisine, French, Italian, etc...

As for beverages and sweets typical of this area, highlighting natural fruit juices corozo, tamarind sapodilla and medlar sweet as joy, enyucado the arropilla and coconut candies.

 © Visiting Someone's House

When we visited relatives, friends or loved ones, the situation is not as formal as it may be elsewhere in the world.

In Barranquilla, people often call or notice before arriving to the scene to be sure so they'll be at home or in some cases simply arrive without warning. The latter is done by those who maintain a close relationship.

It is customary to treat kindly those who visit us, we provide some snacks and chatting pleasantly with them.

 

 © Shopping

The Barranquilleros not usually go shopping as often as other people do. In fact the majority of purchases are made ​​in December

In this time of year it is customary for people to go to the mall to get new clothes and gifts for themselves and their families. Isn’t this wonderful?

On the other hand, those are who go shopping in the course of the year either because they need or just for the pleasure, as it is a good way to distract yourself.



IRONMONGERIES IN COLOMBIA OFFER DEFENSE AGAINST ZOMBIES FOR HALLOWEEN!!!

In Colombia, a chain of Ironmongery began a campaign of commercial advertisements dedicated to zombies.

These establishments called "Zombilandia" are promoting tools and articles for that the zombies make themselves repairs and "defense against zombies" for the living, when they want to vent their frustrations propitiating hits to these creatures or just defend themselves.

The section "I'm human" in the stores offers electric saws, Nail guns and drills to fend off the undead. A section called “I Zombie" includes bolts and nuts for broken bones, glue for detached skin and deodorants for rotting flesh.

These   Ironmongeries are located in Barranquilla, Bogota, Santa Marta, Cartagena and Medellin, so that everyone can enjoy of this new modality.

OUR LIFE AND THE ENGLISH

We have been learning engligh since we were in high school, we have been thinking that if you learn english you can get a good job. In this moment we are studying at the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano. we are in the level 6th of english we are learning a lot of things about language.In the last level a native teacher arrived to our class, she talked about her life and experiences, we did a lot of questions. 

On another hand we have considered that is important to travel to another country, for example the EEUU because in the future you can apply for a good job. We'd like to work in another country because we can get more experience and a lot of money. 

The English classes are very interesting and we learn a lot of things, our favorite activity in the  class is the role-play because it's very fun and very catching and we can practice our english like grammar, speaking, improve our fluency and another things very relevant. Sometimes we talk with classmates in english and it has helped us too much because we can practice our vocabulary, everything we are learning and it is also fun, it is very recommendable, we are very happy to know that we can already handle a conversation.

For the future we want to get a great job and if is possible leave the country in looking for a better life therefore is necessary to know the english language. we live in a world where the person who knows english is ahead of the others. For this is said that english is the language of the business, everything is in a continuous growth and improvement, for all this, if we want to have a better life, if we want to grow and come up we need to learn english.

Our english has changed our life because we can get new things for example to learn another language and to keep contact with a lot of people around the world.