Carnaval de Ponce
carnaval de ponce english ponce carnival officially carnaval ponceño annual celebration carnival holiday held ponce puerto rico celebration last one week like observation holiday end fat tuesday mardi gras day day ash wednesday thus like carnival holiday general usually held february march date back authority smithsonian institution believe ponce carnaval traced far back year ago carnaval coincides mardi gras new orleans carnival venice rio de janeiros carnival hundred place observe holiday around world estimated attendance scene carnaval ponceño featured travel channel august document stating official origin carnaval document mentioning celebration early carnaval de ponce thus began started mask dance spaniard name josé de la guardia masquerade dance continued tradition year municipal government added parade carnaval early carnaval began integrate float represented civic cultural institution public private residential community school college university banking industry commerce office cultural development municipality ponce explains “it believed influence nice carnival extended barcelona immigrant barcelona brought ponce passing time poceans added touch afroantillean music fill celebration percussion rhythm happiness june carnaval de ponce taken new york city puerto rican day parade entertainer folk artist musician ponce addition banda municipal de ponce carnival queen child queen marched new york fifth avenue part city puerto rican day celebration week leading parade folk artist carnaval de ponce toured city teaching child make traditional ponce carnival mask local news weekly called carnaval de ponce puerto rico national carnival one tradition carnaval appearance vejigantes colorful costume traditionally representing devil evil vejigantes carry blown cow bladder make sound hit carnival attendee throughout procession traditional vejigante mask ponce carnival made paper mache characterized presence multiple horn mask developed ponce artisan early part th century made newsprint paper mixed homemade glue paint sophisticated ponce carnival mask sought mask collector mask ponce become symbol puerto rico large carnaval end burial sardine point everyone sings song spanish translates burial sardine event started ball dance also started burial sardine event started municipal government invests close carnival event infuses city economy carnaval start wednesday ash wednesday event follows wednesday vejigantes party thursday king momo entrance parade friday crowning child queen saturday crowning carnival adult queen sunday main parade monday carnival ball dance tuesday burial sardine carnaval introduced crowning carnaval queen followed crowning carnaval child queen following carnaval queen child queen feria de artesanías de ponce ponce jazz festival fiesta nacional de la danza día mundial de ponce festival nacional de la quenepa bienal de arte de ponce festival de bomba plenum de san antón carnaval de vejigantes festival nacional afrocaribeño carnaval information studioporto carnaval information encarnavalcom al carnaval de ponce primera hora carnaval information puerto rico museum art slide show carnival shopper world puerto rican carnival mask mark kurlansky new york time nyt news mask vegigantes etc