Car-ni-val. Any merrymaking, revelry, or festival.
Kongens Nytorv. May 2009. 11:00am.
Dancers, drummers, bands, and feathers. Lines blurring between the African and the Latin. Homages to Yemaya. Samba. Brown, black, white, and yellow. Salsa. A celebration of cultures, music, and dance in the middle of the city on a beautiful spring day.
The 27th annual Copenhagen Carnival in Denmark was the biggest I personally had seen to date. I hung out with a friend, Sarah-May Alawi, who is also studying samba like me. We met at Kongens Nytorv where we saw performers who came from Columbia, Bolivia, Denmark, and Brazil. All races and ethnicities donned the traditional carnival costumes as we followed them through the streets of Strøget, all the way to Rådhusplads (City Hall). It was a great excuse to celebrate life, the sun, and to come together after a long winter and early spring.
1 comment:
Great post! Wish I was there!
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