Thursday, February 21, 2019

Tiempo Carnaval


dr1 reports:
The Santo Domingo Carnival Parade is scheduled for Sunday, 3 March 2019 on the sea-bordering Malecón at around 4pm. The Ministry of Culture is the organizer of the carnival parade that will start from the Av. Abraham Lincoln end of the Malecón and continue past Av. Maximo Gómez to its eastern extension near the Colonial City.

Carnival groups from the 32 provinces and the National District will be parading. Large crowds watch the parade from both sides of the sea-bordering boulevard.

For this year's carnival, the Ministry of Culture hired Brazil carnival experts to add to the colorfulness and organization of the Santo Domingo carnival.

This year's Desfile Nacional del Carnaval Santo Domingo 2019 is dedicated to Puerto Plata that will be sending their dancing troupes and carnival characters, too.

Carnival photography exhibitions are held at the Galeria 360 mall on Av. John F. Kennedy and at the outside gallery of the Parque Independencia in the Colonial City will remain open until 4 March 2019.

The Ministry of Culture this year is presenting the National Carnival Fair from 22 to 24 February at the Parque Colón in the Colonial City.

Carnival parades are also taking in Bonao, La Vega and Santiago this Sunday, 24 February 2019. The very popular events are also scheduled for the afternoon. Thousands travel from all over the country to watch the colorful carnival characters parade through city streets.

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