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Los Indianos, 2007
In Santa Cruz de la Palma, the highlight of Carnival is Powder Night - Los Indianos. This commemorates the people who emigrated from La Palma in the 1940s to 1970s and especially those who came back rich. Anyone can join in the parade. You just dress up in white, maybe have a suitcase full of Monopoly money, and for some reason throw vast quantities of talc at each other. When I say "vast", the town hall gives out something like six tons of it to people in the parade, and one supermarket was offering a special offer if you bought 25 kg at once. When I lived in Santa Cruz, you could follow the progress of the parade by the cloud of talc drifting above the four-storey buildings on the route. Once the parade finishes, there's dancing in the street (of course) and a fun fair, which my son loves. Not surprisingly, we had a great time.
Warming up
About 5 pm.
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In 1 Warming up 1 |
In 2 Warming up 2 |
In 3 Warming up 3 |
In 4 Warming up 4 |
In 5 Warming up 5 |
In 6 Warming up 6 |
In 7 Warming up 7 |
In 8 Warming up 8 |
Serious Talc
About 7 pm
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In 9 Talc |
In 10 More Talc |
In 11 And More Talc |
In 12 And Yet More Talc |
The Fun Fair
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In 13 The Bulls |
In 14 Dogems 1 |
In 15 Dogems 2 |
In 16 Dogems 3 |
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