One of the biggest cultural events in the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba takes on a golden touch in 2014 when its carnival extravaganza celebrates its 60th anniversary.
Aruba's carnival—or carnaval as it is known locally—is a months-long period of
frenetic celebration including queen elections, road marches, tumba (a local music style with its origins in Africa but in its modern-day form influenced by meringue and Latin jazz) and calypso contests, parties and jump-ups, all leading to a dazzling Lighting Parade and Grand Parades in capital Oranjestad and the island's second city of San Nicolas. Official carnaval season starts on November 11 at 11.11 am, running through to just before Lent but is at its height between January and March.
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