Color, magic, and music enveloped the streets of Arrecife in the Grand Parade of Floats. Thousands of people gathered along the Vía Medular to watch the world of illusion pass by, which, as every year, associations, organizations, companies, and friends create to commemorate the victory of Don Carnal over Doña Cuaresma.
A river of masquerades and costumes flooded the streets of the city to watch the imagination and fantasy that the floats represent. Most attend every year, and many agree that there are more participants each year and the floats are better designed.
On this occasion, El Coso started, after five in the afternoon, from the Ciudad Deportiva until reaching the Cabildo, in a walk where there was no shortage of music, dance, masks, and, of course, costumes. More than twenty floats paraded in their best attire, overflowing with joy, happiness, and humor, which delighted the attending public.
Ingenuity and imagination were present throughout the tour thanks to the fantasy presented by each float. In this edition, El Coso paid tribute to the classics, such as the one dedicated to the famous hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, along with Sancho and Dulcinea. One of its members commented "that the idea arose thinking about something typical, also, we wanted to do something special, we remembered the IV Centenary of Quixote and decided that we would pay him a tribute".
"Noah's Ark", with almost all its animals, appeared in El Coso at the hands of the residents of Yaiza. Furthermore, on this occasion, oriental evocations have also been included, an example of this is the float of the City Council of Haria, which represented a Thai fantasy. Three of its members commented that they take much longer to design and make the costumes than the floats, and they also stated "that the idea arose looking at a doll, specifically a Barbie". In this parade, we could also see fictional characters such as a float dedicated to Mortadelo and Filemón, which simulated a car from the mythical comic by Ibáñez. "Ali Baba and the Burned Ones", "Papa Juan's Farm" or "The Witch's House" are some of the fantasies that paraded this year through El Coso.
