Carnival!

The Carnival in Las Palmas. The biggest party of the year and the absolute must-watch for turists. I'm so happy that I could see this festival,, full of colours, music and dance.
This year it started on the 10th of February. There was a pretty big celebration in the oldest part of the city. There was a small parade, and then the local singer officaly started the carnival. There were fireworks and music, it was really cool.

 The most exciting was the last week of the carnival. The biggest parties take place then. One of them is Carnival for children. There were a lot of kids from age of 2 to 15 as well as their parents. There was a pretty long parade with a lot of dancers, drummers and even stormtroopers!

 The biggest parade though took place on Saturday, the 4th of March. It was very long (111 trucks !!)
There were a lot of people, from all around the world. It was very crowdy, but I liked that! There was also live music. Most of the participants have dressed up, my friends have chosen viking style!

The last day of the Carnival was very interesting. Here there is a tradition that on the last day of the carnival the big paper fish has to be burned. There was a small parade, and the fish was on the truck, going to Las Canteras beach. Then it was put on a small raft in the water. After a while, the fish exploded with fireworks and started burning. Then the biggest and most beautiful fireworks show has taken place. It was amazing and pretty long too. To sum up, carnival is a great occasion to have fun, I liked it very much!

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