ColombiaBy Kriengsak Maolee 55030055

English for communication

Overview

•Geography

•Festivals

•Food

•Tourist attractions

Geography

Map

Location and Size

: Area : 439,733 square miles

: Ranked in 26th largest countries in the world by area (The largest country is Russia)

: The only South American country with

coastlines on both the Pacific and Caribbean sea

Comparison between Colombia and Thailand

Colombia : around 440,000 square miles

Thailand : around 200,000 square miles

Colombia is two time as big as Thailand!

Comparison between Colombia and Russia

Russia Colombia

Festivals

Most Famous Festivals in Colombia

•The Barranquilla Carnival

•Festival of the Flowers

•Blacks and Whites' Carnival

The Barranquilla Carnival

Date : 4 days before Ash WednesdayThe biggest carnivals in the world just

behind Rio de Janeiro’s.One of the Masterpieces of the Oral

and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

The Barranquilla Carnival

Festival of the Flowers

The largest outdoor flowers show.

Place : Medellin

Date : First weeks in August

Festival of the Flowers

It’s also the largest horse show

in the world!

Blacks and Whites' Carnival

The Castaneda Family Parade

The Blacks day

The White Day

Colombian Food

Traditional foods in Colombia

•Ajiaco

•Lechona

•Empanadas

Ajiaco

A popular soup made with chickens,

three varieties of potatoes and herb.

Lechona

Consists of

- A roast pig stuffed

- Yellow peas

- Green onion

- Yellow rice

Empanadas

Look like curry puff from the

outside.

Stuffed bread with meat, cheese,

huitlacoche and vegetable.

Empanadas and Curry puff

Empanadas

Curry puff

Empanadas

huitlacoche

Tourist attractions

Most famous places in Colombia

• Cartagena

• The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira

• Caño Cristales

Cartagena

Cartagena

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira

An underground

Roman Catholic Church.

It is built in the tunnel of

a salt mine.

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira

Caño Cristales

Commonly called

“The river of five colors”

and “The liquid rainbow”

Caño Cristales

Caño Cristales

Conclusion

I told you about…..

-The geography and Colombia’s size comparison

-The interesting festivals

-The delicious Colombian foods

-The popular tourist attractions

Thank you for your attention