Puntarenas Carnival

When: Feb 2009

Where: Puntarenas

The queen of Costa Rican carnivals, Puntarenas Carnival rocks the coastal town with wild pachanga music and other Latino beats every February.

The run-up to the large-scale carnival procession is filled with the continuous parading of comparsas (organized groups of carnival dancers) and vivid mascaradas (giant smiling painted heads) on the Paseo de los Turistas in the town centre, with cultural activities such as art exhibitions and fishing tournaments sprouting up throughout the week.

The paramount choosing and crowning of the carnival queen takes place in the Plaza Pacífico on the first day of events, followed by the coronation dance and an explosion of fireworks in the evening. The real party, however, gets going with the carnival procession on the Saturday of the final weekend, starting in the Balneario Municipal and filing up the Paseo de los Turistas. A colourful stream of bopping heads and jigging bodies swerves to the music, making this an unmissable Costa Rica Pura Vida experience.

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