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Carnaval Photos |
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 We are proud to say that Cozumel Insider was the FIRST Cozumel website to publish an extensive gallery of Cozumel Carnaval photos as well as an accurate Calendar of Events for Carnaval in advance so as to allow more travelers the chance to plan to be here in Cozumel for the festivities.
So sit back, relax and browse our Cozumel Carnaval gallery of photos and just imagine yourself here in Cozumel participating next time! Since the Cozumel Carnaval Photo Gallery began in 2003, we've sure had a lot of fun, met alot of new island visitors and made tons of memories to last a lifetime! If you missed this year, come join us next year as Cozumel Carnaval is bound to be even bigger and better than ever! And who knows ~ you just might be in our next Carnaval photo gallery!!
| Photos from Carnaval 2008 - Candidate's Comparsas Competition & Election of King & Queen |
A very exciting evening of Candidate dance shows finally ended at 5:30am Sunday morning with the election of Cozumel's Royal Court for Carnaval 2008.
The colorful and boisterous Memo served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening and after 4+ hours of competition, the voting began to elect the King and Queen of Carnaval 2008, the King and Queen of Allegria 2008 and the King and Queen of Fantasia 2008.
The campaign of the candidates for King and Queen of Cozumel Carnaval 2008 was intense, enthusiastic and filled with brilliant colors. Things got underway around 11pm Saturday evening as the Carnaval Ballet dance troup warmed up the crowd with an opening number from their energetic floor show to present our Master of Ceremonies Memo Laura who emerged in costume as a Carnaval Jester.
Memo advised the crowd of 6,500 Carnavaleros that the entire event was being broadcast LIVE locally on Channel 21 and that the Governor of Quintana Roo (former Cozumel Presidente), Felix Canto, was in attendance and the crowd showed their fondness of Felix with a lengthy standing ovation. The 2007 King and Queen said their good-byes to the Carnavaleros and Memo then reigned in the crowd to prepare them for the candidate shows. Memo was elevating the tension and exciting the crowd with calls for support from each candidate's contingency of supporters who were on hand to watch the elaborate performances and to cast their votes later in the evening. All of the supporters came equipped with giant noise makers to use in support of their candidate so as Memo called each candidate's name, the roar of the crowd was punctuated with air horns, rattling cans filled with beans, and clacking wood spinners. With all this noise, nerves were jittery as each candidate and comparsa waited for their turn to perform.
This year, the order of candidate's performances was randomly selected so Kiki Fiesta kicked things off, followed by Andrea, Francis, Nora, Jalil and Melina. Each of the 6 candidates had a colorful and lively dance show presentations which lasted 40 minutes or more and contained at least 100 dancers! Each candidate show culminated with the candidate coming out for a final dance in their biggest, most spectacular costume for Carnaval 2008.
Around 3:00am votes began to be cast to see who would be the King and Queen of Carnaval 2008!! As the vote was conducted and counted Carnavaleros danced to the band "Banda Cuzamil." No one wanted to leave until the new King and Queen were announced but this turned out to be a considerable wait as the vote for both King & Queen was very close and had to be re-tabulated. In the end, it's not really about who wins ~ because ALL of the candidates are crowned as part of the Royal Court. It's more about bringing many elements of the community together in the process of performing and creating entertainment for this very special time of year here in Cozumel. All candidates will serve very important roles in the celebration of Carnaval!
Cozumel elected Jalil and Andrea as their King and Queen of Carnaval 2008 while Melina and Francis were voted King/Queen of Alegria and Nora and Kiki Fiesta as King/Queen of Fantasia.
The newly elected Royal Court of Carnaval 2008 were crowned in official Coronation ceremonies held Wednesday January 23 at 8pm at Moby Dick.
Everyone is looking forward to great festivities next week as the parades get underway!
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