Carnaval In Limon
Though in the rest of the Americas Carnaval is usually associated with the days before Lent, Limon takes Columbus' arrival in the New World - October 12 - as its point of celebration. The idea was first brought to Limon by a local man named Arthur King, who had been away working in Panama's Canal Zone and was so impressed with that country's Columbus Day celebrations that he decided to bring the merriment home with him. Today El Dia de la Raza (Day of the People) is basically an excuse to party. The carnival features a variety of events, from Afro-Caribbean dance to Calypso music, bull-running, afternoon children's theatre, colourful desfiles (parades) and massive firework displays. Most spectacular is the Grand Desfile , usually held on the Saturday before October 12, when revellers in Afro-Caribbean costumes - sequins, spangles, fluorescent colours - parade through the streets to a cacophony of tambourines, whistles and blasting sound-systems.
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