Mar 01, 2022
Carnaval ends today
The fireworks were Saturday night and the first parade was Sunday. Today was the second and somewhat smaller parade traveling in the reverse direction.
But first the night shots of the Monigote at the Plazuela Machado.
I am so fortunate to be able to catch glimpses of Carnaval without going into Mazatlan. I would have loved to have seen this one in person.
So between a Mazatlan Facebook page ( you have to join this one ) https://www.facebook.com/groups/17162261328314 1and seeing others shots posted here and there and catching the parade on TV Sunday night we felt like we saw a great deal. We both agree that the Monigotes are the best we have seen in a long while and the parade was second best. This link should take you to parts of the Sunday parade. This is an excellent link to some of the fireworks. Hopefully my set up of the links will work for you.
There are not many explanations that I have found as to the why of the floats or how they came to be. This series of the parade were taken from our TV.
Some of the floats were very tall. I read somewhere that there were 31 main floats.
Between the floats were various groups of dancers. This was the only group that wore masks and in fact the only masks we saw being worn during the parade. Can you imagine dancing that long parade route wearing a mask. Kudos to them.
The Harry Potter dancers.
Harry Potter float.
A very tall float complete with chandeliers.
This morning I wondered why my phone screen was cracked this morning. Likely due to the expanding battery and the torque on the phone.
My battery was expanding. So eventually I was able to shut the phone down and take out the SIM card.
Lithium iPhone batteries only last so long. Once they get to this size they can explode and can even cause fires. We finally found someone who will replace the battery tomorrow. Most businesses are closed in Mazatlan today due to Carnaval.
A foggy sunset. Woke up this morning to a very cool 69F/20C. We had to turn on the heat.
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Oh my goodness Contessa. That phone could have burned while you were away.
Lovely photos of the parade and so colourful.
We snowbirds are so spoiled with the warm weather. Don’t tell the Canadians back home that you turned on the heat at 20C!! 😉
I am always amazed and impressed with such celebrations with unique floats. Keep enjoying and being safe.
That’s awesome that you could watch the parade on TV because there sure were a lot of people pressed together watching it!
Such beautiful pictures it looks like such fun! Thanks for the information about the iPhone battery that’s extremely scary, so glad you caught this before any thing horrible happened! Love to the 4 of you
Karen