The festivities will be held from February 27th to March 1st; there will be no reception or ‘toro de once’.
During the Shrove Tuesday parade, the sayacas, the main character of the festivities, throw flour and confetti at the spectators. Photo: Carnival 2019 (Archive).
Sofía Medeles(Ajijic).- Despite the modifications imposed by health authorities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ajijic Carnival will keep the usual schedule and route of the celebrations.
Acting Delegado Maximiliano «Max» Macías Arceo announced that there will only be three days of festivities: the parades on February 27 and 28 and the Shrove Tuesday parade on March 1.
On Sunday and Monday, the sayacas, the main character of the festivities, will leave at 11:00 a.m. from the Campos family home, located on Hermenegildo Galeana Street between Zaragoza and Ocampo. They will take Zaragoza, Álvaro Obregón and Ocampo streets until they reach La Floresta in the east of the town. This year the Charros Association decided to omit the traditional «toro de once» and the reception or refreshment to avoid crowds.
The Shrove Tuesday parade will also begin at 11:00 a.m. crossing the town on Ocampo, passing by the «Seis Esquinas» square, and taking Hidalgo to end at the main square of Ajijic.
Max Macías said that at least ten floats will participate, without ruling out the possibility of others joining in.
«Few signed up, but some let me know of their participation informally. The parade floats will be arranged according to the order of registration to maintain order,» he added. In addition, he asked parade attendees to wear masks, as well as to try to disperse as soon as the parade passes.
«The Board of Health of Jalisco put restrictions on events and far from ignoring them, we must make an effort to follow them. We are reviving traditions little by little and we want to do things right», said Max Macias
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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