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Come on- let's go to Carnaval!
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"If
you're looking for a festival of dancing, costumes, music, fireworks, food,
drink and just being wild and crazy ... then Carnaval is the holiday for you."
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Vamanos, vamanos al carnaval
Es hora de bailar mi amor
Come
on, let's go to carnaval
It is time to sing and dance my love
Lyrics
by Santana
Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that
kicks off a five-day celebration before
the Catholic lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Beginning the weekend before Lent,
Carnaval is celebrated exuberantly with parades, floats, costumes, music and dancing
in the streets. Carnaval is equivalent to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
If
you're looking for a festival of dancing, costumes, music, fireworks, food,
drink and just being wild and crazy ... then Carnaval is the holiday for you.
And Mexico
certainly knows how to celebrate this holiday in style.
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Carnaval is celebrated as a last indulgence of
carnal pleasures that Catholics must give up for 40 days of fasting during
Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. In fact, the word Carnaval ,derived
from Latin, means take away or goodbye to flesh, and many Catholics will
give up meat during Lent.
The wearing of masks during Carnaval is said
to be a pagan practice as protection from evil spirits, but most likely evolved
as a way to participate fully in the celebration with some anonymity.
In Mexico, many cities celebrate
this holiday, but one of the biggest events take place in Mazatlan, not far from CASA MANZANILLO.
Mazatlan's Carnaval attracts
well over 300,000 people, making it the third largest such event behind Rio de Janeiro and New
Orleans. More on Carnaval- click here
How to live in Casa Manzanillo four weeks each year
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