The Carnival of Cádiz is one of the most successful and traditional Spanish festivals in our country, which is why it was recognized in 1980 together with the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with the declaration of a Festival of International Tourist Interest and declared a Heritage Treasure. Intangible Cultural of Spain. It usually takes place between January and February every year and the Carnival Group Competition is held at the Gran Teatro Falla. In 2019 it was registered in the General Catalog of Andalusian Historical Heritage (CGPHA) as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC).
Their current parodies make them unique and all the troupes work hard throughout the year to bring up topics related to politics or sports, giving a fun touch to what is happening in our daily lives.
The origin of Carnival dates back to different civilizations, according to scholars, reminiscent of the Saturnalia (to the god Saturn) and the Lupercales (to the god Pan), celebrations that were known in both ancient Greece and classical Rome. But it is with Christianity where it gains its most splendor and without the idea of Lent it would not exist in the way it has existed since the dark days of the European Middle Ages. Christianity establishes a passionate order of time, in which moments of joy and sadness alternate chronologically, depending on whether it is a time of prohibitions or tolerances. Carnival is a consequence of the simple conception of time that Christianity adopts.
The Carnival of Cádiz takes peculiarities from the Italian, explainable by the fundamentally Genoese influence that Cádiz has known since the 15th century. After the movement of the Turks to the Mediterranean, Italian merchants moved to the West, finding in Cádiz a perfectly connected settlement place. with the commercial objectives that the Genoese were looking for: northern and central Africa. The masks, the masks, the streamers, the paper (confetti) are many other elements that were assimilated from the Italian carnival.
The streets of Cádiz are filled with tourists and locals to see the different songs of all the groups.
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