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COZUMEL
CELEBRATES CARNAVAL
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COZUMEL -- The Isla
Cozumel Carnaval celebration, a pre-Lenten celebration, featurse
parades, floats, traditional costumes and regional foods, dancers
and musicians from Mexico, Belize and Cuba.. The highlight of
the week is the Comparsas Ball featuring a group dance competition.
Scheduled Carnaval
Events
Wednesday
Kindergarten classes and preschools hold competitions by singing
and dancing in costumes.
Thursday Costume
contest for preschoolers and elementary school children.
Friday Dance and
costume party
Saturday
Grand Fantasy Costume Ball and costume contests of best individual
costume of the night as
well as best group costume.
Carnaval Parade
- procession of vehicles, floats and people in costumes, departing
from Municipal Palace and returning.
Wednesday (the last
night of Carnaval) Awards night with the King & Queen of
Carnaval. Awards and prizes are given for the best overall in
every Carnaval category.
Each year Carnaval
events continue to grow. Last year's parade included 80 floats
and 45,000 participants were involved in the week-long celebrations.
All area hotels were at 100 percent occupancy.
"For this year's
Carnaval, an estimated 90-100 floats are expected, all costumes
and festivities will be more lavish than ever before and events
will be shown on the national television station, Azteca, a
Spanish network that is broadcast throughout Mexico, Texas,
and California," said Fernando Ferraez, spokesperson for
Carnaval. Ferraez has been involved in Carnaval for the past
17 years.
Named "Cuzamil"
by the Maya who inhabited it more than 2,000 years ago, Isla
Cozumel or "land of the swallows" is located in the
state of Quintana Roo, east of the Yucatan peninsula. Cozumel,
approximately 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, has an international
snorkeling and diving reputation with the world's second-largest
reef network featuring limestone caves, tunnels, and rare black
coral. Visit Cozumel on the web at http://www.islacozumel.com.mx
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