Carnival is pretty much over, but it went out with a bang. Well, lots of bangs. Saturday night was the Sardine’s funeral in Los Sauces. I don’t know why carnival ends with a sardine’s funeral, but I do know that it’s lots of fun and the one in Los Sauces is the best. Like most carnival events, many people come in costume. The sardine’s funeral usually has a Halloweeny theme….
I went down to Los Indianos in the afternoon with friends. It was fun, of course. As usual, a good part of the fun was watching everyone else. The local TV were there, with their camera well protected. And as usual, the little kids were incredibly cute
Carnival really starts with the wig party. It’s a great idea because a cheap wig is cheap and fun but creative people can get creative. Essentially we put on an art show for each other. And then drink and dance. Sometimes groups of friends go with the same disguise – it think it would halp to keep track of each other in the crowds. Some designs are definitely one off….
A bit late, but here’s a video of my favourite thing from Los Llanos day carnival on Saturday. Carnival is like a giant street theatre: almost everybody joins in, demonstrating their creativity for everybody who cares to see. So here’s the Canarian Unsynchronised Swimming team with their mobile pool. The other thing I like about the video is the music. That’s my husband playing the drums in the band, and…
It’s been freakishly warm for months, but winter suddenly arrived on Thursday. I pretty much spent the day hibernating, apart form German class. Yesterday morning I went into town. It was raining but that usually means very short queues everywhere. I didn’t take an umbrella because of the gusty wind, just a cagoule. I got everything done, with gaps of waiting around in shops for the heavy showers, then headed…
Last night was the famous sardine’s funeral in Los Sauces. As usual, there were lots of amazing costumes: some ingenious, some cheap and cheerful, some extravagant, many humourous. It’s traditional to serve fried sardines, and very tasty they are too. One group brought along this amazing fairy tale coach. They were inviting children to have their photo taken in it. Being a…