Carnivale 2019!
In advance of Easter and Lent season, there was a Carnivale parade in Arnhem on Sunday March 3rd, 2019. We went and captured some photos of the spectacle.
There’s a few hours of lead up time before the parade arrives, so what we saw were people hanging out on the main street (Steenstraat), enjoying some drinks and music. I went inside the game store to hang out and play some games, of course.
Video from inside the store where you can see the revelry, and noise, happening outside on the street. This is before the parade had arrived!
The party can’t be stopped by rain! 
Enjoying the outdoor party 
Meanwhile, inside the game store…gaming. 
Band down the street for our entertainment
The parade had people on foot and people on floats, and often both together. People on and off the floats threw candy to the kids; the whole affair was very kid friendly. On the website, where you sign up to be in the parade, there’s a whole section that basically says toss the candy nicely and not too hard.
A float is on the way 
First come the people on foot 
Then arrives the Leprechauns, tossing candy 
Some candy was sent back their way. 🙂 
Leprechauns tossing stuffed animals for the kids
More pictures from the parade.
Some beautiful capes for the next float 
Another shot of the awesome capes 
A flower and bee themed float 
A walker with the bee and flower float 
Dandies with some fun music 
Stone age theme walkers 
Stone age theme float 
Stone age theme float, tossing candy 
Jafar was having people kneel as he came along 
Jafar approaches 
These ladies weaved back and forth in a cool line 
A whole band of animals! 
Colorful outfits 
Yummy banana candy and silly people! 
Even emojis get a float 
“Ernem” as some pronounce Arnhem 
Lots of Dutch on these costumes 
Attire for holding lots of thrown candy 
Duck float, or ducks float… 
A very musical bus
It was great; people brought umbrellas, and I know you’re thinking, of course they did, it rains in the Netherlands! But no, it was so they could turn it upside down to catch candy! Oh those clever Dutch.
Ever efficient, this Dutch parade came with its own cleanup crew. No waiting until the next day for this cleanup job! That was good planning, as the combination of sugary candy + rainy weather would not have ended well.
You know it’s over when the cleaners arrive 
Sad candy in the street, headed for the trash 
You can even see some of the debris on the sidewalks (Nikki for scale) 
Candy! 
Lots of candy!
This was my first Carnivale in the Netherlands. I had a lot of fun watching other people be silly, and being a little silly myself. Highly recommended, especially with a big group of your friends.
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