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Thursday 18 January 2018
It’s Carnival!

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Coming Up
Last weekend the Prins and
Pancho were chosen. They
are the official escorts of
the various carnival queens
that are yet to be chosen.
There are three categories:
Children, Youth and Adult.
You will see them in their
colorful outfits and typical
headpiece while dancing
and prancing around the
carnival events. Music is es-
sential for carnival and the
carnival songs contest is
called Tumbo for the adults
and Tumberito for the chil-
dren. The lyrics of the songs
must relate to carnival and
come with humor and sat-
ire linked to island events.
The Tumberito winners were
chosen last weekend, the
Tumba contest will take
place coming Saturday.
The children balloon pa-
rade, called Parade di
Blaas was last Sunday, but
if you missed this one and
wish to be amazed by the
local young talents, there
is the Children & Youth
Queen Election coming
Friday. You will for sure be
impressed by the costumes
and local talents. Ready
to move? Tonight is your
change as there will be a
Jump Up from 7 pm in St.
Cruz with a real brass band
and carnival party. Join the
fun with the locals.

History
In the 1920’s the first carni-
val events were organized
by social clubs that started
private costume and mas-
querade parties. This year
we celebrate Aruba’s 64th
carnival, which means that
the first grand parade took
place in 1955. Since than
Aruba’s carnival has grown
big and is now able to stand
shoulder to shoulder with
the most renowned Car-
nival celebrations around
the world. Aruba Today has
put the coming carnival
events for you in a row.

For more information you
can visit Facebook page
SMAC, the official carnival
organization.q