This huge Spanish celebration is called Carnaval, which is pretty much just like Halloween in the US except way bigger. It is the first week before Lent starts and is a time of "freedom" before the famous 40 days leading up to Easter and Semana Santa. They have 3 stages in the streets where bands play. My friends and I were huge fans and made our way to the front where we continued to dance like idiots while the Spaniards stared and judged. There are also dances in the streets, parades, games and tons of food.
Here is Sydney (right) dressed as a bird but you can't see her mask. I am dressed as Jane of the Jungle and Marisa (left) is dressed as??
This is a few of us with some new spanish friends dancing on a stage where everyone walks up and down to show off their costumes.
And I had to get a picture with the group dressed as the Dharma Initiative from one of my favorite TV shows Lost and a chicken? People were decked out in costumes like rugby teams, I saw a shopping cart disguised as a bull, clowns, doctors, pirates, babies and much more. Tradition for Carnaval is for the men to dress like women and women to dress like men.
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