Each group is subdivided into various sections, the number depending on the size of the group. The bigger groups will have additional specialized sections, with each section representing a unique variation on the theme according to the vision of its own costume designer.
All groups have their own live band with mammoth speakers rolling along on a tractor trailer, and most groups have their own queen and at least one painstakingly decorated float. The Fakkel parade in Oranjestad kicks off the Carnival season with plenty of fanfare and creativity.
Each group chooses its own Fakkel theme which is different from the theme it uses for all other parades , and anybody participating with that group for Fakkel receives a T-shirt that reflects this theme. There are no bounds to what participants do with their tees—cutting them, twisting them, and embellishing them with lights and rhinestones—to give them their own personal touch. Jouvert Morning kicks off the last week of the Aruban Carnival season. Aruba's Carnival is the biggest party of the year — a month-long celebration with spectacular processions.
Aruba Carnival events are remembered for their powerful music: winning songs selected at Carnival competitions in Aruba include the best calypso with politically-charged lyrics and social commentaries and the best parade march with catchy lyrics, melodies and dance all performed at once.
Grand processions in San Nicolas and Oranjestad are the biggest celebration parties of the season and both cities come to a standstill for them. Under the blazing sun, marchers in resplendent feathered and sequined regalia are joined by imaginative floats and huge music machines on wheels. Each procession consists of about 10 to 15 Carnival groups, each with its own theme reflected by the group's floats and costumes. Some Carnival groups in Aruba have hundreds of participants.
Participants spend months preparing their glittery— and often barely-there — costumes. Some of the costumes are so immense and heavy that they run on wheels.
Each Carnival group shimmies to the beat of its own band stationed on a lorry that moves along with the group. Lining the streets along the routes of the Grand Parades are trailers of all shapes and sizes; many spectators are also happy just to stand at the side of the road.
A spirit of camaraderie and happy anticipation is felt by all as the hours of waiting are whiled away with food and drink, greeting and socialising.
Carnival in Aruba is far too much fun to miss! These are some of the highlights of the wild and wonderful Aruba Carnival celebrations and processions ahead: The Lighting Parade is a twinkling nighttime extravaganza.
Tiny lights sewn into costumes create a magical effect as marchers make their way along the Aruba Carnival procession route. These are professional productions organised and overseen by parents. At the end of the festivities, on the evening before Ash Wednesday, Rey Momo is burned during an exuberant ceremony. His burning represents the end of Carnival and symbolizes the beginning of the Lent Lent period.
Carnival music Carnival music is very important during the carnival. There are various carnival music styles in Aruba. Tumba The celebration of the Carnival has changed over the years and since the Tumba festival has also been part of this.
Then Tumba spreads to Aruba and Bonaire. On Aruba, Tumba is also very popular during the celebration of our national day on 18 March. A Tumba king is also chosen and a 'Tumberito' for the youth. And of course you hear all the other music, such as: calypso, bachata, merengue, salsa, house and samba. Caiso It is impossible to imagine carnival without calypso and soca. These two are variants of the same rhythm; the heart and soul of the carnival.
Both were introduced here by the immigrants from the British islands in the Caribbean, but in the course of time they acquired their own local character. Calypso Calypso is a slower version and her main goal is to express your opinion through singing.
Instead of telling the events openly, people insinuate through the song. The calypso was developed in Trinidad for the first time at the end of the 18th century and was later introduced to Aruba.
The topics of the calypso can vary from political and social criticism and random gossip, but the underlying intention is to challenge society in general, the public or other calypso singers. In this sense, the calypso is comparable to a medieval battle between two knights with swords, but in the case of the calypso it is a battle of singing; music and accompanying texts.
Soca The 'Soca music' is the music that is most played in the street parades. The road march also originates from Trinidad and is a somewhat faster and happier genre with catchy lyrics and melodies. Its main goal is to let the participants dance for hours and to entertain the spectators with the blaring music. Mighty Talent Claudius Phillips is a very famous Aruban artist with lots of different carnival music songs. He started singing at a young age and has won many prizes in his carnival career.
He is also called "The King of Kings". Meanwhile there are also new generation musicians who provide carnival with new fun songs, such as Buleria, Tsunami and N Fuzion.
Steelbands At the very beginning of the Carnival celebration on Aruba, the steel bands were a permanent part. Music are made on drums made of, among other things, empty oil drums steel drums and dents are hammered in them.
Each dent has a different pitch when you play it. With the arrival of music bands that make use of music installations, the steel bands have disappeared a bit from the carnival landscape but in recent years a few steel bands have joined the parade again. A carnival parade is usually opened with a brass band. In recent years, there are not that many brass bands that are participating. Carnival groups There are several Carnival associations and groups that participate in the processions.
Participating in the parade takes months of preparation. They devise a theme and then start working with this theme. Different designs for costumes and body pieces are made. The last few weeks we have been working hard on cars and costumes. For the costumes people make use of colored, shiny fabrics and decorations so that the costumes can shine. Costumes Well-known carnival designers make designs for men, women and children's costumes based on the theme, for example 'Avatar'.
One chooses the colors and the fabrics and other materials, such as sequins, glitters, beads, ornamental stones and feathers, which fit in with it. People use a lot of colored, shiny fabric and decorations so that the costumes can shine. They also make costumes and hats or headdresses headpieces for the whole group.
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