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THE CARNIVAL OF CAMPO ARAÑUELO. NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA. EXTREMADURA.
 
 
Moment of the celebration. Photographies: Juan Luis Castaño (927 23 55 28).
 
 
The Carnival of Arañuelo Field has been declared Celebration of Tourist Interest

This carnival held in Navalmoral is called "Carnival of the Arañuelo Field" because it takes into account the participation cars and Choirs and Dances of the close localities, like Belvis de Monroy, Talayuela, Villanueva Vera, Peraleda of Mata, etc it acts of the great festivity of Navalmoral of Mata and the more important carnival of the province of Cáceres.

This traditional regional celebration goes up at century XVII, years when one celebrated already this popular festival. During the posterior years, during the dictatorship this festivity was prohibited, although the moralos in front of the adversity, about the Forties, masked it by calling it "Festivities of Spring". It is only about 1969 when the Local Commission decides to recover this popular festivity with its original name.

The starting point of this imposing festivity occurs Saturday, with the chupinazo of all the groups taking part, rollers charangas and comparsas. In the following days the festivity continues with heifers, contest of murgas, the election of Queens and Damassé of the Carnival, vervains and Sunday Fatty the Procession cars monumental and of Comparsas (single in Spain). Many tractors decorated with much imagination, comparsas which its original combinations shine (made throughout the year), and they fill the streets with joy, colour and entertainment. This procession attends a large surge of public, so much local as of the remainder of the province and the other Communities. The procession of carriage is repeated Tuesday of Carnival.

Smallest take share Monday with an Infantile Dance and many activities programmed for them. To finish the Carnival, Wednesday of Ash takes place the traditional Burial of Sardine. In their course among the streets of this locality one can taste typical crumbs, sardines and torreznos (typical sweet from Extremadura).

 
     
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