Here are a few pictures from Wednesday’s carnival in Granada, Nicaragua, where The Tears of Disenchantment (or broken-heartedness) were buried, allegedly.
Minotaur, checking the layout of things
Orange dancers
Carnival hearse
Mr Tom Pow, poet of Scotland
Mr De'Ath
Trio of Devils
Ron Winkler, poet of Germany
Blanco reads his poem 'Rules of Conduct'
A coven of devils
Rose and Sasja take a breather
Brief interaction
Ann Cotten, Poet of Austria
Derek Walcott in carnival carriage
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Policewoman with flowers
Devils with coffin
Rio or Bahia carnivals are more interesting: music is better, people is half naked and you don’t have to hear poetry!