Carnaval

We just celebrated Carnaval. In my school we celebrated it the 28th of February. All the grades had their own dance, and I was in the dance for my grade. It was a ton of fun, I got to meet more people in my grade that I didn't know or wasn't close to before. Here the grades have three classes and the students stay with the same people all day and the teachers switch rooms. So, outside my classroom I don't know that many people. March 1-4 were Carnaval in Barranquilla (a city 2 hours from where I live.) I went there for the long weekend. I went to two parades where people wear costumes and dance in the streets. With my dancing background it was even more amazing to watch.

My school's Carnaval

The white powder is maizena, or cornstarch.

My dance partner

My host Sister

My friend from my new class

My host sister and the other exchange student from Germany

Carnaval de Barranquilla

Colombian Police

Colombian Police

Colombian Flag

As much as you may think this is a girl, it really is a guy in a ballgown.... 

The Queen of Carnaval

It's hard to see but the girls have bottles of alcohol on their heads

They through Maizena, Cornstarch, during Carnaval