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Tenerife Elects 2018 Carnival Queen

 

Carmen Lourido has been elected as Tenerife’s new Carnival Queen after yesterday’s colourful two-and-a-half-hour gala attended by 5,300 people. Jorge González was responsible for the design of Carmen’s winning dress, ‘Renacida’.

The Carnival Queen Election Gala is one of the carnival’s most popular events and this year the Fantasy theme made it even more remarkable. The opening of this year’s gala was spectacular with a small child entering the stage, carrying his fantasy books as a host of magical characters started to appear, including last year’s Carnival Queen.


Tenerife’s Carnival is one of 2018’s Best Festivals, Carnivals & Openings, for more information, click here.


The Carnival Queen Election Gala marks the grand opening of the Santa Cruz Carnival, considered the world’s second largest carnival after Rio. Taking a fantasy theme, the Tenerife capital’s most iconic celebration will once more fill the city streets with fancy dress, music, rhythm and colour over the next few days with the Opening Parade (9th February); the family-friendly Day Carnival (11th and 17th February); “El Coso” (13th of February) and the famous “Burial of the Sardine (14th February).


For further information on Tenerife please visit: http://www.webtenerife.co.uk

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Mark Bibby Jackson

Mark Bibby Jackson

Before setting up Travel Begins at 40, Mark was the publisher of AsiaLIFE Cambodia and a freelance travel writer. When he is not packing and unpacking his travelling bag, Mark writes novels, including To Cook A Spider and Peppered Justice. He loves walking, eating, tasting beer, isolation and arthouse movies, as well as talking to strangers on planes, buses and trains whenever possible. Most at home when not at home.

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