Nice Flower Parade
I had to pay $20AUD for entrance to the standing section of the Flower Parade – I came to understand, sort of, why: the traditional parade involves floats full of displays of fresh flowers. At the end of the parade, the flowers are flung to the crowd, and people leave with huge bouquets of fresh flowers.
There were three seperate kinds of parade at the Carnaval, but I came to understand quickly that the performers in each were the same; only some small elements (floats, lights), were different. So after I’d seen the flower parade, and part of the night parade, I didn’t bother with the others.
The costumes were awesome; they were more colourful and fantastical than those in Venice (which were orientated towards themes like the 18th century, masquerade and lions), and were heavily influence by South American carnevales. Let’s just say that, despite the family orientated atmosphere, the imported Brazilian performers looked a little … out of place (and hence, were the highlight of the entire festival).
Here’s the best of the photos I took:
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Flower Parade - one of the Brazilian imports.
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How awesome is this costume?
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Flower Parade. I really liked these girls, they danced well and seemed more into it than some of the other dancers, who were bored out of their brains.
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Cool monster.
Carnaval Dragon
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Very cool mermaid costume.
I loved this group of costumes - mad Da Vinci scientists.
Another from the same series.
Dragon dancers. Cool costumes, lame performance.
Gypsy dancers.
I didn’t take many photos at the other parades as they were at nights. I did, however, go to a nearby town for their festival – Menton’s Fete de Citrus, which was blessedly less crowded … see the next entry.
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nice flower parade, the costumes are awesome its family oriented atmosphere.click here more parade
Comment by boysoverflowers January 16, 2010 @ 3:33 pm