News of the West Coast
Carnival in the Silver Coast heats up!The theme for the Main Course of Nazare’s 2008 Carnival is already known and goes under the theme/subject: "Are you kidding". The song that won the contest promoted by the town council of Nazare has lyrics by Antonio Lopes and music by Francisco Taveira that also interprets; musical arrangements by Rui Amado.
As usually the Main Course obeys to the theme chosen for the year in force and is one of the symbols of the unique way of celebrating the Carnival by the local folks of Nazare.
Meanwhile, the first carnival festivities have already begun, with the first Masks Ball taking place at the Recreational Association of Planalto, in Sítio of Nazare. Last Sunday afternoon took place a Street Ball with public presentation of the Kings of the Nazare Carnival in the Sousa Oliveira Square.
In Torres Vedras the Carnival even has its own website (www.carnavaldetorres.com), with all the available information about the Carnival. Last Saturday took place the inaugural ceremony of the "Monument" in ode to the Carnival, at the Republic Square.
Following the spirit largely known, the Carnival of Torres Vedras proposes this year, in the launching of this year’s edition of the " The most Portuguese Carnival in Portugal", a statue that challenges all engineering, creation and audacity, in the scope of the main theme of the event – The Super Heroes – a Monument to the Comic Books. In the construction process, that contemplates 35 Comic Book characters, 80 artists were involved.
As usually the Main Course obeys to the theme chosen for the year in force and is one of the symbols of the unique way of celebrating the Carnival by the local folks of Nazare.
Meanwhile, the first carnival festivities have already begun, with the first Masks Ball taking place at the Recreational Association of Planalto, in Sítio of Nazare. Last Sunday afternoon took place a Street Ball with public presentation of the Kings of the Nazare Carnival in the Sousa Oliveira Square.
In Torres Vedras the Carnival even has its own website (www.carnavaldetorres.com), with all the available information about the Carnival. Last Saturday took place the inaugural ceremony of the "Monument" in ode to the Carnival, at the Republic Square.
Following the spirit largely known, the Carnival of Torres Vedras proposes this year, in the launching of this year’s edition of the " The most Portuguese Carnival in Portugal", a statue that challenges all engineering, creation and audacity, in the scope of the main theme of the event – The Super Heroes – a Monument to the Comic Books. In the construction process, that contemplates 35 Comic Book characters, 80 artists were involved.
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