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Carnival
| Carnival Is Carnival the same time every year?When will carnival be held for 2009? How does one find the activities? Is there a guide published to tell where the activities are taking place? What exactly is carnival? I want to thank you for all the help you are giving me. |
| I'm finding conflicting information. Carnival around the world appears to occur with a relationship to the dates for Lent (which means the dates are different every year). But the web page "Discover Uruguay" claims carnival is always the 1st week in February every year. I'd like to see Murga, and again conflicting information. Some sources say it is before Carnival, and some sources say it is during Carnival. |
| Me interesa saber las fechas del desfile inaugural del Carnaval y el desfile de las llamadas |
| La fecha de estos acontecimientos detallados a continuacion: carnaval 2009 uruguay , carnaval 2009 , uruguay carnival photos Las llamadas |
| Does someone have the exact dates for the 2009 Carnival in Montevideo? |
| Hi there Can you please confirm for me the carnival dates in Montevideo/Uruguay in 2009 - was told February but need to reconfirm and what activities are on over the carnival. Thanks very much. Cheers Kaet |
| I am a big fan of cultural shows and festivities where people from different countries shows their heritage and rich tradition. You can see these through festivals and other related occasions, and that is why me and my friends goes on a traveling spree to experience these traditions and later blogging about it. Hope you can give us the dates onto when and where will these festivities be celebrated? Thanks. |
| The Uruguayan Carnival has been said to be the longest in the world with festivities that go on for an entire month. It does not have much in common with the Brazilian one but rather with the Carnival of Venice. Murga, a form of popular music theater is usually common to both. It is usually performed by a maximum of 17 people who are mostly men. Murguistas dress in elaborate, clourful jester-like costumes. |
| Its great to see so many people excited for Carnaval! I cannot wait for February to roll around again, its such a fun time of year all across the country! To answer your burning questions...Carnaval (or carnival as some people say it) in Uruguay happens the same time every year, it is not based around lent because Uruguay is a very secular country. The 2 biggest events are the inauguration parade which is at the beginning of February and then Parade of the calls (desfile de las llamadas) - this is all candombe comparsas (drums). If you're interested in seeing some Murga don't worry, it happens EVERYWHERE all through February, its actually harder to avoid it than to see it! For more info check out this blog post on Uruguay's Carnaval: |
| I would like to watch a video of what is it actually like to be in the streets of carnival in Uruguay? I have seen the blogs and haven't seen a video. A Youtube or any video sharing and hosting website featuring a celebration of the carnival in Uruguay is completely welcomed. |
| This is a video of "The Parade Of The Calls", my favourite night of Carnaval in Montevideo when the candombe comparsas (drumming groups) march through Barrio Sur and Palermo. |
| This is another short video of Murga groups singing for the Inaugural Parade of Carnaval in Montevideo |
| Well if it is like any other carnivals, it is basically the same thing over and over again. Probably some new tricks and laughs but basically it is still the same but that is why people are going to carnivals for some family fun, a little gambling and entertainment. |
| I love to watch street dancing on carnivals. the dancers are extremely great. I am well entertained. Those colorful and daring costumes adds up on the beauty of the event. How i wish i could watch a carnival for real and not just on the television. :) |
| I am no expert at Carnival, but it is one of the best things that I have ever experienced in my lifetime. |
| "Calls parade Hd video"
The carnival of Uruguay is the world's longest. I left a HD video of the "calls parade" . Enjoy it |
| "Carnival Dates"
Regarding the post above that says Carnival starts the first week in February: in 2012 the inaugural parade was 27 January.We haven't found an overall schedule. A week before the inaugural parade we asked at the Tourist Office when the Llamadas parades would be and they said the dates hadn't been announced yet. A newspaper was passed out at the parade that had a list of participants, times they would start in the parade, their photos, and a list of murgas and dates, but no times or locations! |
| "Everyone knows!"
I think Carnival is something so ubiquitous that everyone knows.. and they needn't publish the dates.The problem is of course, that everyone NOT from Uruguay hasn't any idea at all. Q: When is Carnival? [meaning to ask a date] A: Carnival [For Uruguayans the word Carnival is as good as a date] Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Carnival dates."
OK. Let me try to clarify this. We have to make a distinction between the Carnival holliday (an international date) and the Carnival festivities in Uruguay. The Carnival holliday is related to some Christian dates. Carnival is always in the two days inmediately before the beggining of Lent (Cuaresma in Spanish). In fact, Lent starts on Ashes Wednesday (Miércoles de Ceniza, in Spanish); and Carnival is the Monday and Tuesday preceding that Wednesday. In turn, the begining of Lent (Cuaresma in Spanish) is 40 days before Easter (Pascua in Spanish). By the way, the word Cuaresma comes from the latin word for "fourty" (cuarenta in Spanish). OK, but Easter (and thus, Lent and Carnival) is variable through the international solar calendar, because it is fixed to the old lunar calendar. This year, Lent starts on Wednesday 22nd of February, and so Carnival is on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of February. Carnival is not a Christian religious festivity, but a pagan one. It's started between the Romans. The guys used those two days of madness and excesive feeding to face the 40 austere days of Lent. Carnival, by the way, comes from the latin word for meat (Carne in Spanish, see the relation?); because a lot of meat was eated in preparation for the restrictions of Lent and Easter. At least in the latin cultures, direct heirs of the Romans, the madness of Carnival seems to have survived those centuries much more healthily than the religious sentiment that were supposed to follow... If you ask any Uruguayan, almost no-one could tell you what is Cuaresma, and what is the relation between Carnival and Easter. However, everyone would tell you that Carnival is a lot of fun!. In Uruguay, we forced the concept a step ahead in two ways: extending the hollidays for the whole week (not officially but many people take those days free) and calling it Semana de Carnaval (Carnival week); and extending the festivities for a whole month. So now, lets talk about festivities and not the holiday itself, This is a particuarly Uruguayan thing, not international... Carnival in Uruguay is a celebration that includes basically two types of cultural expresions: Murga and Candombe. Murga is a kind of mixture between music and theatre, with a lot of enphasis in political and social satire. Candombe is a musical expresion of afro origins. In its origins Murga was the "white" face of Carnival, and Candombe the "black" face. With time, that become more mixed, and with the current surge of more candombe groups, whites have invaded this territory that was once almost exclusively afrouruguayan. Now, festivities start with the official parade in 18 de Julio Av, the last weekend of January, and ends with the official awards in the Teatro de Verano, in march. So the whole February is "Carnival Month" in Uruguay. The awards are given by cathegory. And besides the Murgas and Comparsas de Candombe, there are a couple of other cathegories of a lesser importance (Parodistas, Humoristas, Revistas). All those make up the initial parade that you could see yesterday. However, the parade is just like a presentation of the groups. And many people goes there to see them and cheer their favorites. However, the "real" carnival runs after it, when the Murgas and the rest of the groups make their shows at the neighbourhoods each weekend of February. So, in this, the parade is quite different from the one in Rio, where it is the paroxial moment when the "escolas" perform and are judged for the awards. So in Uruguay, for what it comes to festivities (or more properly, cultural performances), Carnival dates are all the weekends of February. Now, the drum "comparsas" that play Candombe has it's own parade (the Llamadas), and the awards for them are given during it. Traditionally the Llamadas were celebrated the evening of the second Friday of February. In recent years, where new comparsas started to appear throughout Montevideo, one evenign was not enough to hold them all, so they spread it in two (Thursday and Friday). So this year they will be on Feb 9 and 10. Hope this helpped. Now, for a resume: Carnival holiday dates: A monday and tuesday 41-42 days before Easter (in Uruguay, many people take the whole week where those Monday and Tuesday lay). Carnival Festivities in Uruguay: The whole February, from the official initial parade (generally the last weekend of January) to the official award "concurso" at the Teatro de Verano (generally the first weekend of March). Llamadas: the second Thursday and Friday of February. |
| "2012 Desfile de Llamadas"
I just moved to Palermo, Montevideo with two friends, this week. And we want to make sure we don't miss the Thursday and Friday Desfile de Llamadas events.I can't find any good info about where it's taking place, when, and what good spots to go to are. I would really appreciate it if anyone can help us out with any good information on where to go and other details about how to experience it in all it's awesomeness. We are staying in Palermo, which makes me believe it's happening all around us, but don't want to miss out. We just walked the street with one of the Candombe groups in a large pack of people and didn't want to miss the Desfile do Llamadas. We wanted to go to Sunday's lunch, but didn't make it out. I plan on being there next week. Thanks for you help! Feel free to reply here or email me. Matt |
| "Llamadas"
The Tourist Office by the Intendencia told us the Desfile would be on Isla de Flores roughly between Salto and Agevedo, starting around 8:00 pm. Can anyone confirm this from past experience? |
| "Llamadas Location and Ticket Information"
The Llamadas parade (Desfile de Llamadas) is on Carlos Gardel / Isla de Flores, from Zelmar Michellini to Minas.If you prefer to sit instead of stand amid the press of the dense crowd, you can get advance tickets for bleacher seats or front-row chairs at Abitab (assuming there are any left). Prices range from 95 to 480 pesos. Also, some people who live along the parade route rent out their balconies and rooftops, advertising with signs or in the newspaper or on MercadoLibre or on Facebook, etc. Some include food service. Unfortunately I don't have enough participation points to include any links. |
| "Llamadas Time"
Oh, and the start time is given as 21.00 hs (9 pm) on the Abitab site. From my experience, this is very approximate (and of course it depends on where you are along the parade route). Probably everyone here is already aware, but just to clarify: The dates for this year (2012) are February 9 and 10. |
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