I was lucky in that I got to experience Karneval while I was in Germany and Carnaval in Spain too. Oviedo celebrated Carnaval this past weekend (which is technically in Lent already, but they seem pretty lax about that stuff here in Spain). Saturday was the big celebration including a parade that I saw the second half of. Here are some pictures and commentary of the Carnaval parade in Oviedo:
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| You can see the various costumes people were wearing. |
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| There were some chimney sweeps. |
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| This was probably the scariest float. |
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| There was a graveyard with someone coming out of a coffin. |
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| And people dressed up like zombies. |
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| People dressed up as bags of money. |
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| Yes, those are Segways. |
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| Smurfs! |
There were a few bands in this parade too. Most were just drum corps:
But this one actually included brass too:
Overall, I think the parade in Oviedo contained 'happier' floats and costumes. There was one person in the parade dressed up in a German witch-type costume and apparently he stole someone from UNI's sandal and ran off with it. She was really upset with this, but that type of thing was very common at the German parade.
I am really glad I got to see how Carnival is celebrated in 2 very different cultures.
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