The Carnival is Over and The Sardine has Been Buried
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I love being in Las Palmas for Carnival. The city takes on a wonderful atmosphere, where, it seems, every man, woman and child wears fancy dress and abandons themselves to the magic of carnival. The ubiquitous cheap household emporia to be found all over Las Palmas and managed by Asian/Chinese families, are stocked to the gunnels prior to the start of carnival with a wondrous array of costumes, wigs, beards, hats, toy guns, bows and arrows, tiaras and all sorts of accessorising crap. Customers are in there choosing whatever suits them least, the largest and hairiest of men revelling in being Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Elsa and Anna from Frozen, air stewardesses and other indeterminate female characters. As long as a short skirt, wig and lipstick (inexpertly applied) is involved, they seemed thrilled with themselves. I didn’t take photos, they seemed more suited to the dark web than a family carnival.
The Carnival is Over and The Sardine has Been Buried
The Carnival is Over and The Sardine has Been…
The Carnival is Over and The Sardine has Been Buried
I love being in Las Palmas for Carnival. The city takes on a wonderful atmosphere, where, it seems, every man, woman and child wears fancy dress and abandons themselves to the magic of carnival. The ubiquitous cheap household emporia to be found all over Las Palmas and managed by Asian/Chinese families, are stocked to the gunnels prior to the start of carnival with a wondrous array of costumes, wigs, beards, hats, toy guns, bows and arrows, tiaras and all sorts of accessorising crap. Customers are in there choosing whatever suits them least, the largest and hairiest of men revelling in being Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Elsa and Anna from Frozen, air stewardesses and other indeterminate female characters. As long as a short skirt, wig and lipstick (inexpertly applied) is involved, they seemed thrilled with themselves. I didn’t take photos, they seemed more suited to the dark web than a family carnival.