María Alcalá Ortiz, Queen of Chapala Carnival 2022, during her coronation at the Lienzo Charro J. Jesús González Gallo.

Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- Different but still  fun, this year Covid-19 was buried and the celebration roared back. After a year’s absence, the Chapala Carnival 2022 returned with lots of tequila, dances and charro (traditional Mexican rodeo) events, in addition to crowning the new beauty queen.

Chapala 2022 Carnival Queen, María Alcalá Ortiz, during her coronation on Friday, February 25. Accompanied by princesses Anahí Mora and Esmeralda de la Torre.

The festivities began on February 25 with the first reception in Chapala’s main plaza. While the attendees waited impatiently for a funeral box so they could begin with the burial of bad humor, the Palapa del Guayabo handed out complimentary vampiritos to set the mood for the public. 

María Alcalá Ortiz, Queen of Chapala Carnival 2022, and Omar Alejandro Esparza Urzúa, the Ugly King of Chapala 2022.

After 3:00 in the afternoon, the organizers managed to make a last-minute coffin, in which Felipe Ortega, King of Joy, lay down with a sign that read «Goodbye Covid», with the wish to bury the current coronavirus pandemic. 

The people of Chapala danced around the wooden box to the rhythm of the local band until beginning the tour led by the Ugly King, Omar Alejandro Esparza Urzúa and King David, Alejandro Selis López that concluded with the burning of the bad humor at the Chacaltita beach in front of the fishermen’s fountain on Chapala’s boardwalk with almost 200 attendees.

The “bad humor” was burned on February 25 at Chacaltita beach in the presence of almost 200 people.  

The King of Joy, Felipe Ortega lay down inside the coffin with a cardboard sign that read ‘Goodbye Covid’ symbolizing its ritual burial. 

Felipe Ortega, King of Joy 2022, who has been the Ugly King in previous years, during the closing reception in Chapala’s main square. 

Alejandro Selis Lopez as King David 2022 during the closing of the carnival in Chapala’s main square. The name represents the giants he has defeated during his life trajectory.