Carnival Santa Cruz 2016

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Category:Lifestyle and Recreation

Subcategory:Festivals

Subcategory Detail:Mardi Gras

Keywords:Canarian, Sardine, Spanish, ash wednesday, canary islands, carnival, colorful, colourful, entiero de la sardina, funeral, mourning, rtenerife, santa cruz, spain

Funeral of sardine-3156

Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 10 February 2016. The funeral of the Sardine. The traditional end to Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. A huge sardine is taken on a funeral procession through the streets accompanied by hordes of wailing widows, mostly men in drag, to the marina area where it is finally cremated. ©Phil Crean