Hello everyone this is my first post here in this community and i want to share with you some photos i took on February in the International Carnaval 2019 event at the city of Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico, this event is celebrated every year in the city during the months of February or March, the whole event last for about a week!, in that week we crown diferent kinds of queens and the queen and king of the Carnaval, those coronations take place in the stadiums of the city where diferent famous mexican artists (some times international artist too) sing and perform their shows.
The event
The whole historical center of the city is transformed into a big party, with diferent platforms across the “Olas Altas” avenue next to the ocean, here again, many more artists sings to make people dance in joy. On Saturday there is an event called “Combate Naval” (Naval Combat), for about 30 minutes ships on the ocean and people on the beach deploy hundreds of fireworks of diferent shape and kinds, hence the name Naval Combat, It is supposed to refer to the most resounding feat of Mazatlan, the fortunate defense of the port that occurred in 1864, during the war of French intervention, when a Galician vessel attempted to seize the city at the point of cannon fire.
Sunday
The sunday is the day where the parade of allegorical cars and their dancing groups takes place, this “desfile” run across all the seashore, this year the number of cars was 32! below some photos i took from this event.
Have you visited Mazatlan before? share your comments and photos