Maspalomas Carnival
This video is dedicated to all those who have not yet been lucky enough to experience the Maspalomas Carnival live on site. Of course, this 15-minute film cannot replace the actual experience. But we can serve up a small canapé to whet your appetite for this event. The shownotes should also support this aim with the written word: How can you describe such an emotional topic as carnival for beginners in just a few sentences? Well, you could mention that the ancient Egyptians already celebrated a lavish festival in honour of the goddess Isis and that a float in the shape of a ship played an important role here, that this float, laden with a statue of the goddess, travelled through ancient Egypt, with costumed revellers accompanying the procession, and that the Latins later called this float of Isis "Carrus Navalis" - from which the term carnival developed, that the ancient Greeks celebrated debauched festivals in honour of the God Kronos and the Romans did the same in honour of