Dance Of The Goleros

Dance of the Goleros or Gallinazos: The argument of this dance revolves around the feast that the goleros or fowl form when they have fresh food, which in this case is a donkey supposedly dead. This dance contains popular theater.

Dance of the Pilanderas: refers to the work done by women in the field, for the cleaning of rice and corn.
Dance of Paloteo: It is a dance of character warrior, that symbolizes primordially the fight between the nations. The dancers carry a kind of wooden stick, with those who defended themselves in the fight and pronounce verses alluding to their country while they wave their flags.

In the Special Dances, we can find Diablos Dance: Diablos Dance Harlequines is a dance of Hispanic origin and the presence of Diablos in the Carnival of Barranquilla responds to the processes of syncretism between aboriginal, Spanish and African-American , which occurred during La Conquista and La Colonia.
Worm Dance: The choreography revolves around the movement of the worm. To the rhythm of a drum the dancers form a line and execute several steps. Taking into account the colors of the costumes and choreographic movements, it is given the name of Worm. The line begins, of course, in the head and ends in
The anecdote that sustains the dance refers to the fact that the Spanish colonizers sexually besieged the native women by abusing them. The Indian men, in order to defend them, disguised themselves at night in their women's outfits and hoped that the intruders-confused and deceived-would approach them, then, by surprise, claim their honor by killing them with a knife. The musical component plays an important role because it is the one that generates the choreographic game of this dance, strongly influenced by the indigenous