Welcome to Carnaval 2010. If you're unfamiliar with how this works, I'll try to explain. Similar to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the people of Spain celebrate with a weekend long festival. Students have Monday and Tuesday off of this week due to the importance of the holiday. Although Extremadura is one of the least populated regions, Badajoz's Carnaval is considered the 3rd best celebration in Spain. Friday night begins with a parade in the early evening with little kids dressed up in costumes and walking through the streets. Saturday night is one of the party nights among young people--think Halloween, but you dress up to be ridiculous, not scary. Sunday evening is when the comparsas(groups with dancers and instruments) make up a parade in the streets, singing murgasand wearing very decorative costumes and masks. And Monday is another party night--the best way for me to describe it is to quote my room mates: you go out Monday night and come back sometime Tuesday morning. Yowza...
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