Summer Carnival Rotterdam
European Carnival is celebrated in winter or in early spring. That is far to cold for celebrating Carnival the Latin way. For this reason, Latin-Americans and Cape Verdeans who
live in the Netherlands celebrate their Carnival in Rotterdam during the summer. This festival is called Zomercarnaval which is Dutch for Summer Carnival. The Rotterdam Summer Carnival attracts about 1 milion visitors each year. The Rio aan de Rijn (Rio at the Rhine) Festival in Arnhem is a comparible festival and attracts about 150000 visitors. Usually, a number of Brazilian groups participate.
Climax of the Rotterdam Summer Carnival is the street parade which is held on a Saturday. It is anticipated by the Zomercarnaval Queen Election, the Zomercarnaval Beach Party at the Strand aan de Maas and the Battle of Drums, making the Rotterdam Summer Carnival a multiday event.
Pictures
Below are some pictures taken at the Rotterdam Summer Carnival 2006. At first some Brazilian contributions:
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There are many nationalities with great Carnival traditions living in the Netherlands. I took more pictures than I can show. Here is a picture of the group Nos Ku Nan Tur Ta Den from Curação:
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Another Caribbean girl, Katy Cedeño Manzanillo of the Grupo Carnaval Dominicano, was elected queen of this Carnival:
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With al those Caribbeans, there had to be a group dressed as Pirates of the Caribbean:
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The weather was hot and dancing all day in beautiful clothes was really difficult for most participating children. This boy was having a lot of fun though:
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The Group Nubian Carnival and Friends used Egypt as a theme. Look how beautifully dressed she is:
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Finally, this triptych of fantastic facial expresions to emphasise that Carnival is an emotion:
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See also:
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