Merida Carnival Video 2006
This is a "highlights" reel from the final Carnival (Mardi Gras) parade on Fat Tuesday 2006, called the "War of the Flowers", where people toss flowers at each other. At least that's how they do it here. In some parts of Mexico, they throw water balloons filled with not very nice stuff, so we're told. The tradition of throwing water and other liquids of people on the last day of Carnival seems to have died out in the Yucatan the last few years. But you can still get someone's attention by yelling "Aguas!". That literally means "waters!" but it means "Watch out! You are about to get water thrown on your head!"
You can also read our companion article called Carnaval, Yucatan Style.
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mercy medalian 18 years ago
I like the video. It's so typical of the Mexican people to celebrate life. I also noted the cop at the end with the big stick. That is typical too. Kindness works better than sticks.
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omar sosa 18 years ago
gran trabajo amigos,es un placer poder ver aunke sea por imagenes el lugar donde creci,espero ke el proximo carnaval lo vuelvan a grabar,sigan incluyendo mas videos,por ejemplo, de la vida nocturna en merida.bye god bless you.
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Bob Bedrossian 18 years ago
There's always a party happening in Merida.
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Chris 18 years ago
Hi,
Just drop my comment above. I finally got the Macromedia site to load 8.0 to my PC and everything works fine in MSIE. Sorry to bother you! THanks! LOVE the videO!
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Chris 18 years ago
I guess I'm the odd one out. Can hear the sound, but not see the video. I installed (from your link) Macromedia Flash 7,0,19,0, but nope... Sounds like a LOT Of fun!
Using MSIE 6.0.2900.2180
Tried it on FireFox too, but got nothing at all there. v 1.5.0.4
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Teresa 18 years ago
Gotta say guys this was fun! Thanks for sharing. I was in Mexico City for 1 year and now in Ensenada with my family.
I havent found what I am looking for yet. Yuo stayed and found a place, great job, Hopefully we will do the same.
Had fun, video was awsome.
Gracias from
one oregonian wife with a mexicano hubby:)
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Roy 19 years ago
Great video. I had so much fun watching it.
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BillieS 19 years ago
Video works great. Thanks.
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You know me too. 19 years ago
REALLY cool
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You Know Me 19 years ago
Pretty cool.
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Anonymous 19 years ago
Great Job! It's fun to see those people having fun.
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