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Traditional little bull

Manuel Pertúz created this wood carved structure, representing a little bull, for Barranquilla's Carnival. Its colours, blue, white and yellow, are inspired by the sea, the wind and the sun. These colours also represent the identity of indigenous people, Africans and Spaniards.
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Manuel Pertúz
Galapa, Colombia
Manuel Pertúz has a particular childhood memory of his father coming home with his friends, carrying trumpets, trombones, and drums. "They sang and wo ...
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