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What is carnival?

It is an annual celebration of life found in many countries of the world. And in fact, by learning more about carnival we can learn more about ourselves and a lot about accepting and understanding other cultures.

Where did the word “carnival” come from?

HundredHundred and hundreds of years ago, the followers of the Catholic religion in Italy started the tradition of holding a wild costume festival right before the first day of Lent. Because Catholics are not supposed to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale — which means “to put away the meat.” As time passed, carnivals in Italy became quite famous; and in fact the practice spread to France, Spain, and all the Catholic countries in Europe. Then as the French, Spanish, and Portuguese began to take control of the Americas and other parts of the world, they brought with them their tradition of celebrating carnival. of the world, they brought with them their tradition of celebrating carnival.

The dynamic economic and political history of the Caribbean are indeed the ingredients of festival arts as we find them today throughout the African and Caribbean Diaspora. Once Columbus had steered his boat through Caribbean waters, it was only a few hundred years before the slave trade was well established. By the early 19th century, some six million slaves had been brought to the Caribbean. Between 1836 and 1917, indentured workers from Europe, west and central Africa, southern China, and India were brought to the Caribbean as laborers. Caribbean as laborers.

Cozumel Carnaval - More Than 135 Years of TraditionCozumel's Carnival is thought to be the oldest in the Yucatan Peninsula and possibly in the whole of Mexico.

In 1876, La Revista de Merida magazine, first recorded the event.

According to word-of-mouth, in 1896 costume competitions and ribbon dancing were organized during Carnival and a wooden bull called Huacax-xhé was made.

In 1904, for the first time, Don Manuel Vivas Martín, together with a baker from Campeche, introduced the Guaranducha to the Carnival. This traditional musical performance is thought to be from Cuba originally, but was made popu-lar in Campeche. In this musical play, the heros are played by blacks, and although all the parts are all female, all the actors are male.

Just before the 1920s, Félix González Bonastre arrived to the island from Tabasco and became involved in the event.

TToday, the tradition strengthens every year, as this safe, popular, family cel-ebration continues to grow. The glamor and happiness that new generations have inherited help to ensure that Cozumel's Carnival will always be the best in the state.

Program Carnival CozumelFebruary 10th - Wednesday Parque Quintana Roo

7:30pm Farewell of the Carnaval Royalty of 2009Opening Ceremonies & Coronation of all

Carnaval Royalty for 2010 Carnaval Royalty for 2010 Photos - Cozumel Carnaval 2008 Coronation Night

February 11th - Thursday Salon Moby Dick

10:00am Dance Comparsa Competitions - Kindergar-den

5:00pm Dance Comparsa Competitions - Grade School

February 12th - Friday 10:00am - Salon Moby Dick - Infant & Children's Cos-

tume Competition and Pet Costume Parade10:00pm - Salon Moby Dick - High School & Adult

Open category Comparsa Dance Competition & Grand Dance with Band to be Announced

Program Carnival CozumelFebruary 13th - Saturday

9:00am - Parque Benito Juarez - Open Food Court, Dancing and Carnaval Vendors All Day & Night

6:30pm - Ave. Raphael Melgar - First General (Open) Procession Parade

10:00pm - Salon Moby Dick -10:00pm - Salon Moby Dick - Adult Open Masquerade Costume Contest & Grand Dance (Band to be An-

nounced)

February 14th - Sunday9:00am - Parque Benito Juarez - Open Food Court, Dancing and Carnaval Vendors All Day & Night6:30pm - Ave. Raphael Melgar - Second General

(Open) Procession Parade11:00pm - Parque Andres Quintana Roo - Music for Dancing with bands MERENGLASS and La Sonora

February 15th - Monday9:00am - Parque Benito Juarez - Open Food Court, Dancing and Carnaval Vendors All Day & Night

NOTE: For 2010 No General Parade is Scheduled for NOTE: For 2010 No General Parade is Scheduled for this night!

10:00pm - Salon Moby Dick - Big Night of Tropical Dance featuring MERENGLASS

February 16th - Tuesday9:00am - Parque Benito Juarez - Open Food Court, Dancing and Carnaval Vendors All Day & Night

6:00pm -6:00pm - Ave. Raphael Melgar - Third & Final General (Open) Procession Parade

10:00pm Parque Andres Quintana Roo

Grand Closing of Carnaval 2010 with Alejadra Guzman in Concert

Photos - Cozumel Carnaval 2008 Parades

February 17 - February 17 - Wednesday7:30pm

Open to the Public Benito Juarez Park Downtown

Awards Ceremony and the Burning of "Juan Carnaval"