Photos: Sergio Betancort
The jury of floats of the Carnival of Arrecife 2011 decided this Monday
to award the first prize of the contest to Toy Story. Meanwhile, the
Metamorphosis and The Brides of Arrieta floats have obtained the second
and third prize of this contest, where almost 70
floats finally participated. The three floats will be part of this Wednesday, starting at
6:00 p.m., of the Burial of the Sardine, which will depart from the City Hall
of Arrecife to the Reducto beach, in front of the theme park, where
it will be burned. The fireworks will conclude the Carnival of
Arrecife this year, dedicated to the world of opera.
Thus, the jury composed of Juan Carlos Tavío Corujo, Dj; José
Luis Salazar de Frías, prosecutor; Eloísa Batista Robayna, photographer; and
Paco Robayna, director of R. and R. Comunicaciones, awarded the first
prize to the Toy Story float, from Haría, whose authors
will receive a check for 900 euros. The second prize went to the float
Metamorphosis, from La Vegueta in the municipality of Tinajo, which was awarded 600 euros,
while the third prize went to Las Novias de Arrieta, from
Arrieta, who obtained a prize of 450 euros.
Thousands of masquerades invaded the main streets of
Arrecife this Monday in the most massive event of these festivities, the Grand Parade
of Floats of the Carnival of Arrecife 2011. In addition to majestic
opera characters, from
sympathetic chickens, to Indians, Japanese, Vikings, tigers, Mr. Potato or
the Minnies of a lifetime. There was also no shortage of Bob
Sponge, policemen, doctors, Flintstones, mimes, cabaret girls/boys,
pirates, wild flowers, the Spanish soccer team and the Paul octopus
or our beloved Charlot, Juan Medina, who once again participated in the
Carnival of Arrecife.
The Grand Parade of the Carnival of Arrecife 2010, in which almost
70 floats participated, in addition to the murgas, comparsas and batucadas, concluded with the
cleaning of the same streets invaded minutes before by the masquerades.
A squad from Urbaser, the company that provides the cleaning service
of Arrecife, was in charge during the night of Monday and the early hours of this
Tuesday to clean the entire Avenida Medular, in addition to the two stages
where the carnival festivals took place, that is, the area of the
Warehouse, and the José Ramírez Cerdá park