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Tuesday 18 February 2020

It’s Carnival!

ORANJESTAD — While the official sic while enjoying the ambiance of
opening of the carnival season the public are some of the ingredi-
took off with the Torch Parade on ents of this festival. Oranjestad and
January 4, the island caught the San Nicolas are the stages for this
carnival fever and since then en- display of unique designed cos-
tered a series of carnival events tumes, amazing ambience and up-
that go on until February 25th. beat, local music. The festival is for
everybody accessible and safe to
The island is known for its white- visit. Behind the screens there is an
sanded beaches and perfect cli- enormous organization that makes
mate, but there is one time in the sure that this festival runs smoothly.
year that Aruba draws thousands The police, inspection department,
of visitors: carnival. If you have Red Cross volunteers, garbage ser-
never been here before, come vice and many others work day
in carnival season as your experi- and night to make sure that carni-
ence will be amazing. Sensational val is a success. All the trailers are
musical events, queen elections being carefully inspected before
and different parades are all part they are allowed to participate as
of this spectacular phenomenon. well as the vehicles that pull them. Aruba Today has put some of the coming carnival events for you
Carnival is part of Aruba’s history After each parade the streets are in a row:
and cultural heritage, actually it is being cleaned and road blocks Feb 20 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM Lightning Parade San Nicolas
the largest cultural festival on the are being taken away so next day Feb 22 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Grand Carnival Parade San Nicolas
island. For the islanders it is a way to normal traffic flow occurs. The sev- Feb 23 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Grand Carnival Parade Oranjestad
express their creativity and break eral organizations and institutions
away from the daily buzz of life. work together with the official car- For more information you can visit Facebook page SMAC, the official
Dancing to the rhythm of local mu- nival organization SMAC. carnival organization. q

They come for the beach and the food

EAGLE BEACH — Jonathan Boek- ken of appreciation to the guests tive visit to Aruba. The Gottschalk’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort pre-
houdt of the Aruba Tourism Au- who visit Aruba 10 years and more loves coming to the island for the sented the honorees with the
thority had the great pleasure to consecutively. friendly and happy people, beau- honorary title, handed over some
honor Aruba’s loyal and friendly tiful beaches and delicious food presents and also thanked this
visitors as Distinguished Visitors of The lovely couple Anita and Hans the island has to offer. lovely couple for choosing Aruba
Aruba. The Distinguished visitor Gottschalk from New Jersey were as their favorite vacation desti-
certificate is presented on behalf recently honored as Distinguished Boekhoudt together with Ewald nation and as their home-away-
of the Minister of Tourism, as a to- Visitors due to their 10th consecu- Biemans, General Manager of from-home.q