{"id":2249,"date":"2023-02-21T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2023-03-05T07:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T13:18:37","slug":"carnaval-de-ponce-ponce-carnival-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/carnaval-de-ponce-ponce-carnival-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnaval de Ponce (Ponce Carnival) 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s Fat Tuesday \u2013 CARNIVAL TIME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carnaval de Ponce (Ponce Carnival) 2023\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDLele-QI54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce (pronounced PONE-say) has been celebrating its annual carnival for 165 years, making it one of the longest-celebrated carnivals in the Caribbean. The festivities are brought to life by vejigantes, a local folk character that wears a colorful paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 mask and a bright jumpsuit. Since we have commissioned a couple of vejigante masks from renowned mask maker Miguel Caraballo, we were eager to see the colorful masks in use during a carnival parade!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event spans six days right before Lent. The carnival parades include King Momo&#8217;s appearance and the Carnival Queen&#8217;s coronation, a masquerade ball, and the Burial of the Sardine, a simulated funeral marking the beginning of Lent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were there on Saturday night for the kids\u2019 day and Queen\u2019s Coronation activities, which included a family-friendly version of the main event. It was a delight! (But thank God we brought our earplugs.) 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