Gran parada de Tradición y Folclore

Gran parada de Tradición y Folclore (Great Parade of Tradition and Folklore) is carried out on the second day of Carnival and was introduced in 1967.
This is another lengthy parade commonly called the “Great Parade” that includes traditional folkloric groups, cumbia groups and dancing groups with no floats. Each year well over 300 dancing groups participate in this parade. This parade shows the dance and the music in their more traditional essence, since there are not floats neither high loud speakers presents in it. The music also therefore shows its most conservative facet, being cumbias, chandés - associated with the Garabato dancing group- and fandangos -associated with the Marimondas dancing group-, the musical genres most heard.

The parade finally started at 2:30 pm with the local police, smartly dressed and riding in on their motorbikes. Even the police jeep was decorated as a Marimonda. We certainly had a much better location this day so I managed to get some very nice clean shots of the parade.Read more