Santa Cruz is the Big Festival | Santa Cruz es la Fiesta Grande

Kathryn Chavez, El Deber:

The parade began late and Queen Aitana I began her tour shortly before midnight. There were problems in the organization, but the joy was total. The three days of wetness begin today

Aitana I, la reina del Carnaval 2024. Foto: Fuad Landívar
Aitana I, la reina del Carnaval 2024. Foto: Fuad Landívar
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Colour, elegance and a splurgge of joy is what the Carnival troupes showed in the Santa Cruz parade, where Aitana Tufiño was the main protagonist

The bands made each of the people from Santa Cruz who attended the Cambódromo dance. In jackets, with impeccable suits and even in cars, the comparseros received the highest marks.

The majestic cars and the queens of the Carnival troupes were the most anticipated by adults and children who gave them applause as they passed.

Thus, the Big Festival of the people of Santa Cruz was present. From 6:00 p.m. people were arriving, the weather helped, being cloudy and with a constant cool breeze.

Around 7:00 p.m. the party started. The first ballets came to the stage and with them the oriental rhythms, color, experience and youth.

The green and white was a constant, as well as the beauty and gallantry of the dancers who, with their mischief, infected an audience that at around 9:00 p.m. was already a lively and happy crowd.

But…as a chronic problem, the program and schedules of the parade changed. The queen’s passage was made to wait for more than two hours. What happened?

The usual and what needs to be changed. The Carnival troupes that were stationed began to enter the queen’s route, which caused the progress not to be rapid and there to be a significant delay. Despite this ‘slip’, when Aitana appeared, everything was forgotten and the Big Festival of the people of Santa Cruz began to thunder.

Scenery. The Cambódromo dressed up. The public was present en masse. Organizational problems were the low mark of the event

Más de 200 comparsas recorrieron el cambódromo en el gran Corso Cruceño. Foto: FL
More than 200 Carnival troupes toured the cambodrome on the great Corso Cruceño. Photo: FL

The choreographic troupes from Santa Cruz stand out

The party began after 7:00 p.m. on Saturday when the Bolivian Police presented their queen. From then on the different choreographic Carnival troupes made their way through the Cambódromo.

The ballet Paso Adelante with Gisela Santa Cruz, brought her joy, followed by the Mitahori ballet that with its color and enthusiasm infected the public who slowly filled the chairs distributed throughout the Cambódromo.

The people who gathered at 6:00 p.m. began to enjoy the carnival proposal of the different ballets that appealed to the oriental tradition, something very well received. Thus the big celebration of the people of Santa Cruz began.

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The Auténtikas female fraternity highlighted the Santa Cruz corsican, with the presentation of its costume inspired by the Tajibo flower, a characteristic flower of eastern Bolivia.
La fraternidad femenina Auténtikas dio realce al corso cruceño, con la presentación de su traje inspirado en la flor de Tajibo, flor característica del oriente boliviano.

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