Carnival Costumes

Carnival costumes are important part of any carnival or masquerade. These events are really a cause of great joy and celebration for the people and are known in almost all the countries.

Carnival Costumes

The most authentic and original ways to celebrate are obviously produced by the people’s spontaneity. The humble masses and the general people improvise with the most unexpected and affordable materials in order to have a chance to take part in the carnival celebrations and revelry. Cardboard, plastic, discarded jugs, fruit, etc as well as improvised forms of makeup are some of the ways the people make their carnival costumes do. The people’s imagination helps them create the most astonishing images of illusion and fantasy by colouring up the carnival parades, allowing them to forget and to have a merry time even if it is only for the season.
In Lazarim, a municipality of Lomego in Portugal the people wear local heavy, hand-made wooden mask that are effigies of men and women with costumes that distinguish their gender by ridiculously characterizing the different attributes of both the men and women.
Children appear in tin masks and colorful and multilayered red, green and yellow woolen costumes from Sunday to Tuesday in the northern region of Podence. Four festive parades in the Central Portuguese towns of Nelas and Canas de Senhorim hold the promise of a colorful carnival parade to the visitors with the creative carnival costumes of The Bairro da Igreja and the Cimo do Povo in Nelas and the do Paço and the do Rossio in Canas de Senhorim.
In the town of Ovar near Porto, one of the most famous Cajrnival events in Portugal take place and is known for the elaborate and humorous carnival costumes, masks, decorations and floats prepared by the partipients.
The Dominican Carnival is celebrated during the month of February in most cities and towns in the Dominican Republic and is renowned for its flashy costumes and loud music accompanying the celebrations.
In the city of Oruro in central Bolivia, the La Diablada carnival is marked by the participients dressed up as demons, angels, Incas and Spanish conquerors.
In Mexico, the people dress up in bright feathered carnival costumes resembling the indigenous traditions and celebrate with the traditional music, folklore, arts and dances during the carnivals.
In the French Guinea, the people dress as many mythical characters such as Karolin, Les Neg’marrons, Les Makoumes, Soussouris and Touloulous. They also dress up as the red devil and Vaval, the king of Carnival.
In Uruguay, the women wear elegant, bright dresses called Vedettes providing the sensual touch to the parades during the Carnivals.