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Celebrating Carnival in Buenos Aires

Last Saturday the annual carnival in Buenos Aires kicked off. Thousands of people visited the first carnival night of this year which took place from 7pm to 2am. On Sunday they celebrated from 7pm to 12am.

The carnival in Argentina’s capital is characterized by dancers dressed in colorful costumes, walking and dancing on the rhythm of drums and cymbals and by traditional murgas, which is a kind of a popular musical theater.

If you would like to participate in the Buenos Aires Carnival of this year, you get the chance on February the 16th and 17th, when they will celebrate again. (more…)