Carnival of Cádiz
carnival cádiz spanish carnaval de cádiz one bestknown carnival spain main characteristic humor sarcasm mockery irony main group people street purge pressing problem today whole city participates carnival two week year presence fiesta almost constant city recital contest held throughout year main characteristic carnival cádiz acerbic criticism droll play word stinging sarcasm irreverence parody carnival elsewhere world stress spectacular glamorous scandalous costume cádiz distinguishes clever imaginative carnival attire traditional paint face humble substitute mask saturday everyone wear costume many time related polemical aspect news however carnival cádiz famous satirical group performer called chirigotas music lyric center carnival carnival cádiz sociological phenomenon special singularity historical evolution remote origin today endowed marked rebellious character addition development group mainly choir chirigotas comparsas quartet differentiates carnival world also identifies communicational phenomenon vehicle generates information opinion entertainment also subversive nature condition counterpower first reference carnival cádiz known come sixteenth century process organisation cadiz carnival take peculiarity italian explicable fundamentally genoese influence cádiz knew since fifteenth century turk displacement mediterranean italian merchant moved west finding cádiz place settlement perfectly communicated commercial objective genoese looking north center africa mask serpentines confetti assimilated italian carnival first documentary reference celebration carnival historian agustín de horozco end th century carnival time inhabitant cádiz plucked flower pot throw joke document record celebration carnival synod constitution statute seminary cádiz contain indication religious participate festivity way secular reference carnival confirm already end th century festivity deep root among people cádiz also reference seventeenth century document recognizes impotence civil power popular celebration letter general mencos dated cádiz february complains cádiz worker refused repair boat carnestolendas also evidence event took place year cleric nicolás aznar accused adulterous relation antonia gil morena met carnival beginning th century order repeated frequently trying banish carnival masked dance prohibited crown prohibition repeated throughout century spite everything testimony confirm disrespect order quite remarkable carnival excess committed convent santa maría nuestra señora de la candelaria caused scandal city year british traveler henry swinburne visited city left testimony carnival celebration people cádiz festivity celebrated even french invasion however time celebration suspended february civil war battle ebro prohibition celebrate type carnival spain published “boletín oficial del estado” tradition recovered fact occurred result paradoxically disgrace explosion san severiano storage depot caused victim city civil governor carlos maría rodríguez de valcárcel decided necessary raise spirit recover festive spirit organisation carnival famous group chirigotas choir comparsas comparsas wellknown witty satiric group train whole year sing politics topic news everyday circumstance member wear identical costume official competition teatro falla many compete group award song original composition full satire wit comparsa – whether professional group one made family member friend colleague – wide repertoire song sing street square improvised venue like outdoor staircase portal established openair tablaos tableau organized carnival club chirigotas group people like comparsas sharing costume singing together performed full repertoire song current topic humoristic way unlike comparsas chirigotas´ tune happier well lyric even though address subject comparsas also compete teatro falla award choir coros larger group travel street open flatbed cart wagon singing small ensemble guitar lute characteristic composition carnival tango alternate comical serious repertory special emphasis lyrical homage city people costume far sophisticated elaborate group found street quartet cuartetos oddly composed five four three member bring guitar kazoo two stick use mark rhythm use setpiece theater scene prewritten skit improvisation music purely comical minimalist carnival group cádiz romanceros perhaps oldest certainly invariant carnival representation cádiz throughout history romancero single costumed person brings big easel poster help tell story image romancero recites humorous verse pointing aspect picture drawing long stick specific musical form evolved carnival cádiz year beginning popular music used tropical rhythm mixed popular european dance song lyric changed near end nineteenth century musical identity carnival already mature although name tango pasodoble couplet etc shared musical form around world melody rhythm character unmistakably original presentation first piece sung present characterisation group called tipo style music absolutely free unstructured take form wellknown form original composition even spokenword recitation couplet sung chirigotas comparsas choir quartet short satirical song refrain always related costume characterisation tipo group pasodoble longer song without refrain usually always serious criticizing something happened previous year rendering homage someone sung comparsas chirigotas tango characteristic gaditano rhythm sung choir accompanied orchestra mostly poetical composition potpourri sung group changing lyric wellknown song year kind music sometimes depending group tipo besides musical form including short improvisation theatrical skit featured mostly socalled illegal chirigotas murgas callejeras dont submit rule contest roam street singing performing wish best known contest among chirigotas choir comparsas quartet cádiz official contest gran teatro falla finish first saturday carnival broadcast regional television radio station contest take place carnival usually organized institution private club venue open tablaos public square plaza city main portal carnival cádiz spanish carnival cadiz tertulia andaluza