Hola,
the Carnival (in Spanish speaking countries spelled as Carnaval) on the Canary Islands has a long tradition, it is a serious business some say, every island celebrates it. There is a celebration in Lanzarote in almost every village/ciy. The most important fiesta is in Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen.
In Arrecife it was on Saturday, the 27th of February 2017.
I had been thinking of what costume I should wear. At last I decided to dress as La Catrina, the Dame of the Dead. (More story about her here La Catrina – Nationa Geography )
Yes, that was my costume. My Dia de Muertos masque 🙂 First I wanted to have white hair, but it was so thin and there was so few ‘hair’ on it that you could see through it and see my original colour, so I chose rather the black wig. I even had a matching t-shirt, which is from Mexico from my holiday last year November 🙂
The ‘Day of the Dead’ is celebrated in Mexico (and some South American countries with Mexican roots), ok yes it is celebrated in November but can’t I wear such a costume? :))
The Carnaval was great, we guided an excursion there (we were on the transfer busses guiding the guests and giving instructions). We left Puerto del Carmen at around 16.45 and we were in Arrecife an hour later. It started at 18.00 and lasted 3 hours on the Rambla Madular. It was a procession with dancers, samba dancers, musicians, kids, families, lots of costumes, dancing, music & fun…
I find it awesome that you arrive in Arrecife on this afternoon and everywhere you can see:
- a bear driving the car,
- superman and superwoman pushing a baby buggy with their super baby in it,
- a tall women in high heeled shoes and miniskirts who turns around and you see (s)he is a man,
- and it is totally normal that Wolverine walks next to you in the street,
- or a rabbit drinks a coffee opposite your table at the restaurant 🙂
After the procession there was a party on the beach, there were stages with music. Unfortunately we had to leave with our guests to go back to Puerto del Carmen at around 22.00. So that was the end of the Carnaval for our team.
Yes, it is different from the German or whatever Carnaval. Yes, it is for some too much that it takes 3 hours (In my opinion too 1-2 hours would be enough). Yes, they were after a while repeating themselves (at least so it seemed). But still I enjoyed it very much, if I hadn’t been there I would have regretted it. My colleagues enjoyed it too, our guests enjoyed it as well… So everyone was happy…
And see you at the Carnival in next year 😉
Update – More Carnival:
In Hungarian
Vicky
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