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The Aruban Carnival is a several number of week’s long celebration that delights and unites the entire island with colorful festive street parties known as “jump-ups” and spectacular parades with luxuriously costumed groups of people.
In Aruba, Carnival was born in 1954 as a series of small street festivals. The Tivoli Club, Aruba’s oldest private social club, was the first to have a pre Lent celebration in Oranjestad in February 1944. The Allied victory of World War II was commemorated by an Aruba Festival - a large parade in San Nicolas comprised largely of Caribbean-English immigrants who came to Aruba to work at the Lago Oil Refinery. The first steel and brass bands debuted a few years later and small parades sprouted here and there.
In 1955, various clubs and districts were brought together for the first public Aruba Carnival with the first official Carnival queen. The traditional Grand Parades were organized in 1957. On November 11, 1966, (11/11/66) at 11:11 am, Stichting Arubaanse Carnaval (SAC), Carnival’s organizing body, was founded. Each year, the Carnival season officially begins at this precise moment. Ever since 1981, Tivoli has produced the Lighting Parade, a twinkling nighttime extravaganza.
Following the Lighting Parade are the Children’s Parades, the Pajama Party called Jouvert Morning, the Grand Carnival Parade in San Nicolas and the exciting finale - the Grand Carnival Parade in Oranjestad. The midnight burning of the King Momo, a life-size effigy, signals the end of the Aruba Carnival season on Shrove Tuesday, the night before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. This tradition symbolizes the burning of the Spirit of Carnival that will rise again when the next season begins.
The origins of Aruba Carnival are found thousands of years ago. The word is derived from the Latin carne vale, meaning farewell to flesh, referring to the time when many Christians gave up food, drink and unacceptable behavior for Lent.
In 2014, Aruba will celebrate its 60th Carnival with its different activities during the month of January and February, culminating with the Grand Carnival Parade on Sunday, March 2nd.
The Aruban Carnival is a several number of week’s long celebration that delights and unites the entire island with colorful festive street parties known as “jump-ups” and spectacular parades with luxuriously costumed groups of people.
In Aruba, Carnival was born in 1954 as a series of small street festivals. The Tivoli Club, Aruba’s oldest private social club, was the first to have a pre Lent celebration in Oranjestad in February 1944. The Allied victory of World War II was commemorated by an Aruba Festival - a large parade in San Nicolas comprised largely of Caribbean-English immigrants who came to Aruba to work at the Lago Oil Refinery. The first steel and brass bands debuted a few years later and small parades sprouted here and there.
In 1955, various clubs and districts were brought together for the first public Aruba Carnival with the first official Carnival queen. The traditional Grand Parades were organized in 1957. On November 11, 1966, (11/11/66) at 11:11 am, Stichting Arubaanse Carnaval (SAC), Carnival’s organizing body, was founded. Each year, the Carnival season officially begins at this precise moment. Ever since 1981, Tivoli has produced the Lighting Parade, a twinkling nighttime extravaganza.
Following the Lighting Parade are the Children’s Parades, the Pajama Party called Jouvert Morning, the Grand Carnival Parade in San Nicolas and the exciting finale - the Grand Carnival Parade in Oranjestad. The midnight burning of the King Momo, a life-size effigy, signals the end of the Aruba Carnival season on Shrove Tuesday, the night before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. This tradition symbolizes the burning of the Spirit of Carnival that will rise again when the next season begins.
The origins of Aruba Carnival are found thousands of years ago. The word is derived from the Latin carne vale, meaning farewell to flesh, referring to the time when many Christians gave up food, drink and unacceptable behavior for Lent.
In 2014, Aruba will celebrate its 60th Carnival with its different activities during the month of January and February, culminating with the Grand Carnival Parade on Sunday, March 2nd.
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