{"id":15490,"date":"2020-03-09T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=15490"},"modified":"2020-04-24T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:39:14","slug":"english-version-cultura-anuncia-las-comparsas-ganadoras-desfile-nacional-carnaval-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/english-version-cultura-anuncia-las-comparsas-ganadoras-desfile-nacional-carnaval-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Announces the Winners of the National Carnival Parade 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traditional cultural event took place on Sunday in Santo Domingo scenic seaside George Washington Boulevard, with the representation of delegations from most of the country\u2019s provinces.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Santo Domingo, March 9, 2020 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The Ministry of Culture and the National Carnival Commission announced the names of the winning floats that participated in the National Carnival Parade 2020, celebrated in Santo Domingo\u2019s seaside boulevard.<\/p>\n

More than one hundred floats and carnival participants represented almost all of the country\u2019s 31 provinces and the National District. During the colorful parade thousands lined the seaside boulevard to cheer along the musical and colorful extravaganza.<\/p>\n

The members of the jury were Luisa Mateo, Lenin Paulino, Miguel \u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez, Giseh Cuesta, Fausto Grull\u00f3n, Ruth Emeterio, Santiago Alonzo, Soraya Guillen and Hannover Reg\u00fas, headed by Henry Brito.<\/p>\n

According to the jurors the first place award was issued to the members of the \u201cSan Carlos Scarecrows\u201d troupe, specifically in the \u201cDevils\u201d category. The second place award was received by the members of the \u201cIncomparables from Villa Consuelo\u201d and the third place winners were the members of the \u201cOriental Evolution\u201d troupe.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cTraditional Character\u201d category, first place winners were the \u201cMasqueraders from Barahona;\u201d second place winners were the \u201cBulls and Civilians from Monte Cristi,\u201d and third place went to the character \u201cBabal\u00fa.\u201d<\/p>\n

The winners of the \u201cHistorical\u201d category were the members of the\u00a0\u201cZulu Empire\u201d troupe, the second place award went to \u201cAfrican Blood,\u201d and the third place winners were the members of the \u201cAzua Sugar Town\u201d troupe.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cPopular Creativity\u201d category the winners were the \u201cPopular Carnival from Cotui\u201d troupe \u2013 a province in the country\u2019s central region; \u201cMassive Destruction in Fantasy and Something More,\u201d and \u201cThe Marolas of Danilo de los Santos,\u201d who came in second and third place, respectively.\u00a0 The latter referred to the characters painted by famed Dominican painter Danilo de los Santos.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cFantasy\u201d category, the first place distinction went to the troupe \u201cFantasy of the Zodiac Signs;\u201d the second place to the \u201cGreat Troupe from Villa Consuelo,\u201d and in third place was \u201cFantasy of a Calif\u00e9 Tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cAli Bab\u00e1\u201d category winners were \u201cThe Pharaohs of Villa Maria,\u201d first place; \u201cFantasy Creation;\u201d second place, and \u201cAli Bab\u00e1 and Something More Fantasy,\u201d in third place.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cIndividual Category\u201d the first place award went to the \u201cFantasy of a Calif\u00e9\u201d troupe, followed by second and third place winners \u201cThe Pharaoh\u201d and \u201cFantasy of a White Wanderer,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

The \u201cMasque Category\u201d awards went to the \u201c<\/strong>San Carlos Devil\u201d followed by \u201cCaptain\u2019s Swines from Santiago and to \u201cConstanza,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

Awards to Winning Troupes
\n<\/strong>The first place winners in the Fantasy, Traditional, Historical, Popular Creativity, Devils and Ali Bab\u00e1 categories received awards equivalent to US$2,000 (first place); US$1,500 (second place); and US$1,000 to the first place winners.<\/p>\n

In the Individual Character category, the first place winner received an equivalent of US$1,500; the second place winner received US$1,000 and third place winners received US$500.\u00a0 In Carnival Masks, winners received US$1,000, US$500 and US$300.<\/p>\n

The total amount distributed among the winners was approximately US$7,000.<\/p>\n

Carnival Queen, Dominican television personality Pamela Sued, along with Carnival King, cultural promoter, Luis Roberto Torres (Chach\u00f3n) opened the annual Carnival parade which, as each year, was transmitted live to viewers in the D.R. and the United States, and by the Ministry of Culture\u2019s social media outlets.<\/p>\n

Minister of Culture, Eduardo Selman, presided the VIP area, accompanied by dozens of officials and other invited guests.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The traditional cultural event took place on Sunday in Santo Domingo scenic seaside George Washington Boulevard, with the representation of delegations from most of the country\u2019s provinces. Santo Domingo, March 9, 2020 \u2013\u00a0The Ministry of Culture and the National Carnival Commission announced the names of the winning floats that participated in the National Carnival Parade … Continue reading “Culture Announces the Winners of the National Carnival Parade 2020”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15666,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions\/15666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}