7:00 p.m. is the time marked by carnival-goers and masquerades in general to start fully enjoying what is coming in terms of laughter, dances, and revelry everywhere during the next few days in Arrecife. Because, at that time, the announcing parade of the Carnival will depart from the Muelle Chico in Puerto Naos, "one of the most awaited celebrations by our city," as highlighted by the deputy mayor and councilor of Festivals, Echedey Eugenio.
A parade led by the Villa Pipol batucada that will culminate in the old Agramar cannery - the epicenter of the Carnestolendas of the Lanzarote capital, next to Avenida de Puerto Naos - and that will give way to the reading of the proclamation by the carnival groups, "the soul of these festivals that today will offer us a historic moment," highlights Echedey Eugenio, announcing for the first time jointly a Carnival that will allegorically transform Arrecife into a 'Fantasy World' in these days.
Precisely, representatives of the municipal government group culminated yesterday Thursday their round of visits to the rehearsal places of these Carnival groups, including the emblematic Parranda Marinera de Los Buches, which tomorrow Saturday will take all the prominence in the Traditional Carnival that will run from 10:30 a.m. from the Muelle de la Pescadería to Calle Real with a prominent presence of sheets and masquerades.
Ten aspirants to Reinona
By then, the name of the new Reinona of the Arrecife Carnival 2025 will be known, the winner of the Drag Queen Gala contest that will take place from 9:00 p.m. today Friday in the Agramar enclosure after the reading of the proclamation, presented by the diva Exhuberancia Carey and the journalist Laura San José, and that will include the performance of the singer Jorge González, winner of the contest 'Tu cara me suena', runner-up of 'La Voz' and contestant also in 'Operación Triunfo'.
The Gala, one of the most anticipated events of the Arrecife Carnival 2025 program prepared by the Department of Festivals led by Echedey Eugenio, will also include the performance of the winner of last year's edition, Drag Ávalon, as well as a 'Tribute to Beyonce' starring the majorera Amber and the performances of the also transformistas Abigail Merino, Assia Shaik, Miss Jessica and Lena Evans.
The ten Drags aspiring to Reinona and their respective fantasies are: Charlie Drag 'Under the glow of the circuits... This diva emerges', Drag Gio 'I prefer to be a weird bug of society than one more white sheep of humanity', Drag Umbra 'Chacha! You're missing a potato for the kilo', Drag Frenchy Morgana 'My beginning and my end... 26 years are already muxos', Drag La Perdida 'A for ¡ARRIBA ARRECIFE! and M for ¡MOTOMAMI!', Drag Solsticix 'It is touched but not looked at', Drag Egan 'If you don't like hell, why do you flirt with the devil?', Drag Nilo 'Chacha, well yes. In the end you are a bug', Drag La Giovadrag 'For the freedom of Cuba' and Drag Oberón 'Ruby of the Amazon'.
