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| Sardine in it's funeral procession on the way to its cremation |
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| Fake clergy |
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| Assorted mourners |
Ash Wednesday's Burial of the Sardine at Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife is meant to herald the end of Carnival, only it doesn't. It isn't a burial, it's a cremation; the clergy aren't real clergy, the wailing widow's aren't real women, even the chicharro (sardine) turned out to be an Atlantic horse mackerel!
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| Floats heralding the approaching parade on Tuesday 5 March 2019 |
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| Afilarmónica Nifú Nifá the grandfathers of carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
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| Priscila Medina Quintero in the Carnival Main Parade Tuesday 5 March 2019 |
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| Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 |
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| Comparsa Los Cariocas 2019 |
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| Susana Conde Alba 1st Maid of Honour 2019 |
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| Susana Conde Alba 1st Maid of Honour 2019 |
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| Comparsa Tropicana 2019 |
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| Viviane Cordobés Ramos 2nd Maid of Honour |
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| Third Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Inma Afonso Darias |
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| Third Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Inma Afonso Darias |
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| Comparsa Los Rumberos 2019 |
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| 4th Maid of Honour: Raquel Iboleón Laynez, with a costume entitled “Al alba venceré” (At dawn I will conquer), designed by Daniel Pages, representing McDonald’s and La Opinión de Tenerife in the Carnival Main Parade in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Tuesday 5 March 2019. |
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| Fourth Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Raquel Iboleón Laynez |
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| Comparsa Bahía Bahitiare 2019 |
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| Las Celias de Tenerife |
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| Las Celias de Tenerife |
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| Junior Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Ylenia Rodíguez Domíngez |
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| Junior Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Ylenia Rodíguez Domíngez |
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| First Junior Maid of Honour at Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2019, Aroa García Abreu |
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| Second Junior Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Oriana Cabrera Lorenzo |
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| Third Junior Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz 2019 Karen Irene Acosta Almenara |
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| Fourth Junior Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019 Ithaysa Delgado Aguilar |
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| Fifth Junior Maid of Honour in Santa Cruz 2019 Cynthia Gazmira Cubas Padilla |
Coso Apoteosis - Carnival Main Parade in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on Shrove Tuesday, 5 March 2019. And this is still only a small selection.
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| Auditorio de Tenerife |
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| Plaza de los Alisios / Trade Winds Plaza |
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| Lunch at the GastroMag Auditorio de Tenerife |
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| Mag Café Bistro Auditorio de Tenerife |
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| The wind sculpture by César Manrique |
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| Auditorio de Tenerife with the Castillo Negro |
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| Castle of St John the Baptist or Castillo Negro |
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| Las torres gemelas de Santa Cruz de Tenerife / The twin towers of Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
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| View from the balcony on the Auditorio. In the foreground (right) is the Castillo Negro, in the middle ground is the Parque Marítimo César Manrique and the hillock behind is the Palmetum: a botanical garden which has transformed a rubbish tip. A Paradise Built On Top Of A Landfill |
