https://tigaiga.com Hotel & Suites Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:27:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://tigaiga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/favicon.png https://tigaiga.com 32 32 https://tigaiga.com/en/carnaval-de-tenerife/ https://tigaiga.com/en/carnaval-de-tenerife/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:27:31 +0000 http://blog.tigaiga.com/en/?p=1423 The burial of the sardine takes place on Ash Wednesday and consists of a procession with a huge model fish which is finally “cremated”. On this day local people get rid of their colourful costumes and wear black widow’s weeds as a sign of mourning, they cry at the funeral of the sardine which marks the end of the carnival. The burning of the sardine marks the end of carnival until the following year, except for a final weekend known as the “piñata,” makes for an “inconsolable” but comic atmosphere.

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