Start the Llamadas

 The Llamadas parade, held in the first half of February every year.  It's only comparsas, not the other groups that are in the Inaugural parade, so you just feel the drums in your bones.  We were on a rooftop and so weren't crushed by the crowd.  The first couple of pictures are of confetti and doodad sellers getting ready for the parade.  The rest are the beginning!

Last of the Inaugural Parade

 We did leave the parade early; they were still going strong.

Just a shot of the condition of the street - lots of confetti around.

Next to Last...

I'm finally almost done with Inaugural parade pictures and can start on Llamadas parade pictures next week.  Here's a garish murga; most of the rest  of the photos are of Tronar de Tambores, one os the top comparsas (drums and dancing girls groups).  The little girl below still has energy to do cartwheels after midnight....

Trash Strike and Poor Male Dancers

There was a trash strike here in December.  It was awful, with trash strewn all over the street.  This, of course, has become fodder for Carnaval.  One murga's gone a bit far in their depiction of it.

I don't know who was the costume designer for Feelings, a revista (dance group), this year, but I do pity the male dancers who had to wear these particular costumes...

C 1080 and the Least Clad

This set of pictures includes the comparsa C 1080 and a float with the least clad women on it in the whole parade.  One is wearing only thigh high boots and a thong.  Me?  I was unimpressed, except for admiring her chutzpah.  It's hard to tell in these photos that she's wearing so little, and they're in the bottom half of the post.