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LOCAL A13
Monday 12 January 2015

Aruba Officially Opens Carnival Season With the Torch Parade!

ORANJESTAD- Saturday the morning. The 61st Car-
Oranjestad was filled with nival Season has officially
people who came togeth- started!
er to celebrate the official
start of Carnival Season
with the Torch Parade (or as
the locals call it, the “Fak-
kel Parade”). Although
there aren’t torches to be
seen, it is still called the
Torch Parade. Thousands
of people came together
to dance to the tunes of
the bands playing. It start-
ed around 8 o’clock and
the last band to reach the
end of the route arrived at
the Aruba Entertainment
Center around 1 o’clock in