ORANJESTAD – Last Sunday on the streets of San Nicolas, children jumped to the beat of carnival music and enjoyed the last Children’s Parade of Carnival 70. Carnival mood, luxury and creativity were on display and the people of Aruba enjoyed a wonderful Children’s Parade.
A total of six groups took part in the parade. Centro di Bario Noord opened the parade together with Aruba’s Children Carnival Queen, Xeena Dijkhof. There were also a few schools who joined Centro di Bario Noord to celebrate Carnival.
The second group was Champange Kids Carnival Group with the theme of Universal Studios. Fantasy and luxury stood out with the children dressed as different characters from Universal movies.
The third group was Don Flip Carnival Group, with the theme of Amazonia. Paying homage to nature, the children presented costumes full of color and fantasy.
TOB Kids Group was fourth, showing off their theme from the movie Coco. Sparkling costumes with luxurious road pieces stood out and represented various aspects of the movie in a beautiful way.
Fifth group was Little Groovers Carnival Group, which this year had as a theme the children’s movie Inside Out. The group displayed beautiful costumes expressing different motifs in the movie and the carnival spirit was in full-swing.
Empire Kids closed off the parade with their theme Sapate. A group that for the first time participated in the Children’s Parade and really stood out on the road. Luxurious and creative road pieces stood out and the happy children were dressed as different kinds of shoes.
As is traditional, after the Children’s Parade in San Nicolas the burning of the Momito took place in order to bid farewell to the children’s parades in Carnival. Aruba as a whole enjoyed a gorgeous parade full of happiness, fantasy and creativity.