Monday, February 23, 2009

More Carneval....Spanish Style

This is why the Carnevale celebration in Spain is SO much better than the Italian one: Drum lines. Drum circles. The Spanish love music! And they love to dance while playing it!
Street fiestas much?!

I stole all these photos from my Spanish friend's Facebook page and it made me remember how cool Spaniards are and how much fun they are! Granted, I am a little biased AND I suppose I'm not a fair judge since I haven't been to Venice's Carnevale, which is supposed to be the biggest and the best celebration in Italy. But blah blah...
I do, however, have sweet vivid memories of Carneval in Sitges & Barcelona in 2003. I had just met C and it was the first big fiesta we celebrated together. Another thing that these photos remind me of is that fact that Spaniards really know how to incorporate MUSIC and DANCING into all of their celebrations. It's such an important part of the culture and I truly miss that! The other thing they are great about is not taking themselves too seriously. I bet that most of the mean dressed in transi (above) are not even gay! I love that. Viva EspaƱa! :)

No comments: