Referred to as Mardi Gras in some places, Madrid celebrates pre-lent Carnaval 2011 from March 4 – 9, with a line-up of activities including costume contests, street parades & performances held at various venues.
Here’s what I caught on Saturday evening – a whimsical & surreal masquerade parade, featuring a mish-mash of clowns, stilt-walkers, aliens, fire-eaters, witches, acrobats, fairy-tale characters, etc... – dancing through the heart of town by the Puerta de Alcalá!
The Carnaval wraps up this Wednesday, March 9 with the totally bizarre sounding "Burial of the Sardine" procession. Go catch it if you're curious!
Say what you like about the Spanish, but you can never accuse them of being half-hearted when it comes to throwing a fiesta
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