The finale will be held today in Salcedo with musical entertainment for adults and children starting at 7:00 p.m. At 9:00 p.m. there will be a free paella and dancing with the “Gran Parada” orchestra for the costume contest, in which 3 categories are established: individual, couples and groups of more than 5 people. In Salcedo yesterday the bear came out, one of the most traditional carnival events in Galicia. The bear's exit celebrates the beginning of spring, as if the bear were coming out of hibernation. Crowds of people crowded the streets of Salcedo in the face of the threat of the bear and its servants. As every year, the attendees could not escape the bear's claws and the persevering work of its servants looking for new victims to stain their clothes, faces, bodies,…
The bear character wears a sheepskin suit and is covered with a fur coat that simulates a bear. The original mask has been in the International Carnival Museum of Binche (Belgium) since 2008, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Meanwhile in municipal capital The Thursdays of comadres and compadres gave way to the parade of costumes, floats and troupes that was held on Saturday, filling the municipal capital with color and fun.
The awards for the parade were for:
1st prize Local Carrozas “Habelas Hainas”
2nd prize Local Carrosas “Cereixa Gyn Tonic”
1st prize Local Comparsas + 15 “Vikings”
2nd Local Comparsas prize + 15 “Time according to Ítaca”
3rd Prize Local Comparsas + 15 “The Ampa Legos”
1st prize Local Comparsas 5-14 “Super Lego”
2nd Prize Local Comparsas 5-14 “Spring Has Come”
3rd prize Local Comparsas 5-14 “The Emoticons”
1st prize Local Disfraces Comparsas – 5 “Abatar”
2nd prize Local Disfraces Comparsas – 5 “Vending Machine”
3rd Prize Local Costumes Ensembles – 5 “Rugby Cube”
4th prize Local Disfraces Comparsas – 5 “The Cure Girls”
5th prize Local Disfraces Comparsas – 5 “La Verbena de la Paloma”
1st prize Outside the municipality Floats “Tribu Canival de Penalta”
2nd prize Outside the municipality Floats “Happy Carnival 2018”
