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A child is wearing a costume for a dance called Congo Tigre at the Carnival of Barranquilla. He is kneeling down and is holding a fake sword that reads: Congo Tigre. The Carnival of Barranquilla is one of Colombia’s most important cultural and folkloric celebrations and was declared Colombian Cultural Heritage by the National Congress in 2001 and Oral and Intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2003. The Carnival starts on the Saturday before the Ash Wednesday, in February, with the Battle of the Flowers (La Batalla de Flores) followed by folkloric and other dancing groups. Groups from San Basilio de Palenque contribute to the carnival performing in the parades with Afro-Colombian dances, such as the Son de Negro, the Chalupa, and the Mapalé, which are expression of the palenquera culture. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. de Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque, a town located 31 miles from Cartagena and considered the first community to officially free enslaved people in the Americas, since 1973 for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology. Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. This image illustrates Cross’s anthropological category: Social Organization. Un niño lleva un disfraz para un baile llamado Congo Tigre en el Carnaval de Barranquilla. Se arrodilla y sostiene una espada falsa que dice: Congo Tigre. El Carnaval de Barranquilla es una de las celebraciones culturales y folclóricas más importantes de Colombia y fue declarado Patrimonio Cultural de Colombia por el Congreso Nacional en 2001 y patrimonio cultural oral e inmaterial por la UNESCO en 2003. El Carnaval comienza el sábado antes del Miércoles de Ceniza, en febrero, con La Batalla de Flores seguida de grupos folclóricos y otros grupos de baile. Grupos de San Basilio de Palenque contribuyen al carnaval actuando en los desfiles con bailes afrocolombianos, como el Son de Negro, el Chalupa y el Mapalé, que son la expresión de la cultura palenquera. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio de Palenque, un pueblo ubicado a 31 millas de Cartagena y qu se considera la primera comunidad en liberar oficialmente a personas esclavizadas de América, desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología. Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Esta imagen ilustra la categoría antropológica de Cross: Organización Social.
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