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20 February 2024

Carnival burns the Sardine and announces an Olympic...

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20 February 2024. The Sardine burned in the waters of Las Canteras to bring Carnival 2024 to a close. The Carnivals...

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12 February 2024

A Drag Queen apotheosis at the end of “Carnivals of...

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Monday 12 February, 2024 . If there is a hallmark which defines modern Carnival in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, that...

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05 February 2024

Carnival has a date with its Queen in La Isleta

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Monday, 5 February, 2024 . It was in March 1976, so long ago now. At that time, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, like the...

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29 January 2024

Murga and comparsa groups take over the Carnival

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 29 January 2024. Murgas and comparsas embody the essence of people’s creative expression in the Carnival of Las Palmas...

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15th to 18th Centuries

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival is one of the oldest, most deeply rooted and unique festivals of the Canary Islands capital. For over five centuries the city has celebrated with masquerading, tomfoolery... and flesh.

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Kisamba

Foundation Year:
2015
President:
Carmen Rosa Hernández tavío
Number of members:
36
Choreographer:
Laura Torres
Show:
Let the sun shine
Costumer designer:
Juan Fernando Henríquez
City:
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arenales
Email:
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The members of Kisamba, the junior Comparsa which won the First Prize for Performance in the junior contest in 2015, grew up and took part in the adult contest for the first time in 2016. At its debut in the grown-ups' league in 2017, the Comparsa took the First Prize for Performance, which they were awarded every following year from 2018 to 2020.

The comparsa's costume designs have been recognised with a first prize in the category in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.