Perhaps the most important festival of Tenerife,
popular both on a national and international level, is the Carnival of Santa
Cruz de Tenerife, which has been declared a Festival of International Tourist
Interest (Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional). The carnival is celebrated in many locations in the north and south of the island, but is
largest in scope in the city of Santa Cruz. Contests are celebrated, and
the carnival includes bands of street musicians (murgas), groups of minstrels
(rondallas de Tenerife), masquerades (comparsas), and various associations
(agrupaciones). Once the Queen of the festival is elected, the first part of
the carnival ends, and thereafter begins the actual street carnival, in which
large numbers of people gather in the centre of Santa Cruz, with the carnival
lasting 10 days.
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| Reina del Carnaval de Tenerife 2013 |
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