Enjoyment and mockery ( sé kannaval ki ka rivé,toùt moun an lari-la...).
The carnival called by the inhabitants of Guadeloupe ' Kannaval ' or simply ' Vaval' begins the Epiphany's day and finishes the wenesday of ashes. This year, since January 1st, the carnavaliers groups, gathered.
The carnival was created when the African slaves were deported to the Antilles to be used by the colonists. At the beginning,the carnival was only practised by the colonists. More and more , the slaves began to celebrate the carnival! They brought a totally different vision to the carnival, with drums, songs and masks. This moment is always considered as a liberation, in fact they laughed from colonists through their suits.
Progress of the festivities:
Masks are omnipresent during the carnival (Some young people takes advantage from it to earn some money). The most important places are "The cities of Pointe-à-Pitre" and "Basse-Terre" . Several competitions are organized like the election of king, queen, the best group, the best suit, the best music etc...
The elected Queen has got to throne at the head of the parades during fat tuesday. The music of the parades is particular. Guadeloupean use diverse objects of recovery (bottles, tins of plastic, salty meat of different size).
The groups are divided into three categories according to their music:
- the groups with copper. They use instruments craft as snare drums, big plastic drums.
- the groups with skins. They use small drums covered with animal's skins, with traditional instruments (exemple: whipes).
- the groups of synthesizers .These groups exist for ten years. Besides the traditional instruments, they have appealed to more modern instruments.
Monday is dedicated to the comic marriages. Couples appear in front of a guy disguised as an officer of registry office and another one in priest. The man is disguised as a woman and the woman is dressed up as a man.
The Shrove Tuesday is the most important part of the carnival due to the musical level, the disguises, the originality... The festivities are opened by the carnival's queenThe culinary speciality of Shrove Tuesday is the consumption of doughnuts.
The next day, on Ash Wednesdays the crowd disguised in black and white, in sign of mourning, burns the effigy of king Vaval.
The carnival called by the inhabitants of Guadeloupe ' Kannaval ' or simply ' Vaval' begins the Epiphany's day and finishes the wenesday of ashes. This year, since January 1st, the carnavaliers groups, gathered.
The carnival was created when the African slaves were deported to the Antilles to be used by the colonists. At the beginning,the carnival was only practised by the colonists. More and more , the slaves began to celebrate the carnival! They brought a totally different vision to the carnival, with drums, songs and masks. This moment is always considered as a liberation, in fact they laughed from colonists through their suits.
Progress of the festivities:
Masks are omnipresent during the carnival (Some young people takes advantage from it to earn some money). The most important places are "The cities of Pointe-à-Pitre" and "Basse-Terre" . Several competitions are organized like the election of king, queen, the best group, the best suit, the best music etc...
The elected Queen has got to throne at the head of the parades during fat tuesday. The music of the parades is particular. Guadeloupean use diverse objects of recovery (bottles, tins of plastic, salty meat of different size).
The groups are divided into three categories according to their music:
- the groups with copper. They use instruments craft as snare drums, big plastic drums.
- the groups with skins. They use small drums covered with animal's skins, with traditional instruments (exemple: whipes).
- the groups of synthesizers .These groups exist for ten years. Besides the traditional instruments, they have appealed to more modern instruments.
Monday is dedicated to the comic marriages. Couples appear in front of a guy disguised as an officer of registry office and another one in priest. The man is disguised as a woman and the woman is dressed up as a man.
The Shrove Tuesday is the most important part of the carnival due to the musical level, the disguises, the originality... The festivities are opened by the carnival's queenThe culinary speciality of Shrove Tuesday is the consumption of doughnuts.
The next day, on Ash Wednesdays the crowd disguised in black and white, in sign of mourning, burns the effigy of king Vaval.
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