Carnival at school

Celebration with friends

Schools here celebrate Carnival with the students. Our kidDOS and their class created their own costumes. All made out of plastic trash bags in a very creative way. Every grade choose a different character. Then everyone walked through the town singing and chanting. They enjoyed their lunch break together at the park.

The song below is the carnival song. The kidDOS almost  know it by heart. Chicharero is a person that eats chícharos (peas). It used to be a derogative term for the people of Santa Cruz (before it was the capital city). They were so poor, that the only thing they afforded to eat was peas. Now they have taken the term with pride, and they called themselves chichareros. Santa Cruz is now the most important city in the Island.

Chicharrero de corazón

De pronto se ve la comparsa llegar
De lejos se oye venir
Un grito de bulla y fervor popular
De garra y de corazón

Y con la Ni Pico yo voy
A unirme a este Carnaval
Que atrae a mi gente por todo el lugar
Gritando con emoción

Chicharrero, chicharrero,
Chicharrero de corazón
Salta a la calle y dale al tambor
Que el Carnaval ya llegó

Saben que todo podría pasar
Disfrázate como yo
Alcen las manos, levanten la voz
Nuestra fiesta es la mejor
Alcen las manos levanten la voz,
Envidia del canarión

Chicharrero, chicharrero,
chicharrero de corazón
Salta a la calle y dale al tambor

Que el carnaval ya llegó

Vale,