Puntarenas Carnival starts nine-day run Tomorrow
February 9th, 2012 | by admin |
The queen of Costa Rican carnivals, Puntarenas Carnival rocks the coastal town with wild pachanga music and other Latino beats kicks-off tomorrow till Feb 20th. Parading comparsas (groups of carnival dancers) and vivid mascaradas (giant smiling painted heads) make this an unmissable party. The cost? well it’s FREE running daily all day & night.
Parades shimmy down the Paseo de los Turistas in the town center also fishing and volleyball tournaments take place daily. See the paramount choosing and crowning of the carnival queen and an explosion of fireworks on the last evening.
The “Reina del Carnaval” will be chosen on the first day of the celebration in Puntarenas, so she can represent the festivities for the run of the parties. There is a horse parade or tope, concerts from different genres in music, fishing contests, a beach soccer tournament, and fireworks.
The parade where people will be in masks, costumes, dancing and singing will take place on the last day of the celebrations at 2 p.m. The procession starts at Parque Marino and ends at Parque Lobo heading west.
