January 28 marked the opening of the 2010 Carnival in Uruguay with the traditional inaugural parade. Advertised as the longest Carnival in the world—starting late January and ending early March—the ...

Carnival in Montevideo, Uruguay, in pictures The Uruguayan carnival is the longest in the world, starting at the end of January and finishing at the beginning of March. 04 February 2011 • 4:00pm ...

Uruguay's black community, long in the shadows of the country's cultural and political mainstream, is enjoying an awakening as its African roots are celebrated in a pulsating drum Carnival parade.

The Uruguayan Carnival (“the longest carnival in the world”) kicked off on January 21, 2016. It's a popular celebration carried out nationwide between mid-January and late February that combines ...

The Uruguay's Las llamadas Carnival has started in Montevideo city. The Uruguay Carnival is an annual celebration in the country that starts in February and continues to up to 40 days.

Uruguay boasts that it has the longest Carnival celebration not just in Latin America, but the world. The 40-day celebration is dotted with makeshift stages all around the capital city of ...

Occupancy at Uruguay's hotels has been between 70 and 90% during Carnival weekend, which represented a recovery from a bad Summer season for the leisure industry.

Montevideo, Jan 27 (EFE). — Comedy troupe The Bergoglios debuted at the 2015 Uruguayan Carnival Contest with a satirical performance inspired by Pope Francis’s “humble and down to earth ...

Goodbye Momo Uruguay Production: A Fabrication Films, Mojo Films presentation. Produced by Raul Pochintesta. Executive producers, Sergio Aguero, Carlos Ricagni. Directed, written by Leonardo Ricagni.

Tomas Chirimini is president of the Africania civic association and leader of the performing troupe Conjunto Bantu, which does not participate in Las Llamadas or carnival. “The black (Uruguayan ...

Montevideo, Feb 2 (EFE). — Members of the Don Timoteo troupe, created by soccer star Alvaro “Chino” Recoba, say that comradeship and participating in Uruguay’s Carnival are more important ...

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