Loco Bloco, Windsor Bloco, Flynn Elem, Galileo Hi,
Columbia Boys & Girls
Bolivia Corazon de America
SF Public Library Bookmobile & Mission Branch
Caribbean Roots and Culture
Mixtiso Latin Hip Hop, Moscone & Sanchez Schools,
& Marsh Youth Theater
PFG Xelaju
San Francisco Cable Cars
Ginga Brasil/BrasArte
Yaocuauhtli Danza Cultural
Mara Reggae
Univision
Aquarela Brazilian Dance Ensemble
Latin American Workout (LAW)
Rara Tou Limen
Bolivia Unida
Foga Na Roupa Grupo Carnavalesco
Sistas-wit-Style
Kaanoi Kai
Tambores de Julio Remelexo
Viejita Car Club
Mas Makers Massive
Sambamora/Out of Site
Samba do Mar/SambaDa/Energia do Samba
Rhythm & Motion/ODC, Mission Boys & Girls Club:
Brasil Cuba SF
Maracats/Oba Moro
Bay Area Caribbean Connection
Colombian Soul
Grupo Todo Mundo
Nueva School Mas and Steeldrum Band
Club CAB
Nicaraguan (NIE) Float
Los Angeles Carnival on Tour
Taylor Boys
Agrupacion Llajitamasis
Zorro & Zorro
California Soccer Association North
Zona Verde
Pirates of Emerson
Congratulations to pikabon with the most "most
interesting" pics on page One for the search terms "Carnaval
+ San + Francisco + 2008" Pikabon placed 7 in the top 25
from a pool of 5,983 results. Also placing more than a
single foto were davidyuweb and Super G. Special
acknowledgment to agi500 with the #1 B&W Mission statement
as well as to the 2007 winner shapeshift [11 of 25] who
managed to place even though he did not upload till March
2009. The Carnaval.com family of annual festival websites [sfmission.com,
carnavalcity.com, carnivalcities.com & flickr/aforum] is
pleased to buy pikabon a flickr pro account and send a small
token of our esteem for this work promoting the Spirit of
Carnaval. Joy in the present! --- C M Collins publisher. May
24, 2009
Flickr rules and we'll being doing this again for 2009.
Here are the current standings
One of the city's most spectacular traditions,
Carnaval San Francisco showcases the very best of Latin American and
Caribbean cultures and traditions with a diverse array of food, music,
dance and artistry, including works created by the talented community of
Mission District residents and Bay Area artists.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 23rd and 24th, the
Carnaval San Francisco Festival will offer food, music, dance, art,
crafts and other fun activities and events on several stages for the
entire family to enjoy. Spanning seven blocks, the Carnaval San
Francisco Festival will take place on Harrison Street between 16th and
22nd streets (10 a.m.-6 p.m.).
On Sunday, May 24, the Carnaval Grand Parade
starts at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of 24th and Bryant streets, where it
will proceed west to Mission Street. From there, the parade heads north
on Mission down to 17th Street, where it will turn east and flow into
the festival area.
Jazz & the Birth of Carnaval
Celebrating the
life of the community by suspending daily cares for
as long as the festival lasts is an ancient African
tradition.
Taking
the cake
"If you haven't
been on a second line, there's something about
jazz you don't know....We've gotten to think of
dance music as something dumb, something that
just goes thump-thump-thump, but dancing is an
intense listening state.
---Ned Sublette
Celebrating the life of the community by suspending
daily cares for as long as the festival lasts is an
ancient African tradition. The five days of Carnival
ending on Shrove Tuesday as a time for merry making and
release marking the beginning of a more solemn pre
Easter Lent season in the Catholic Church was a match
made in heaven for displaced African communities. The
collective African soul carries an ancient tradition of
parading and moving in circles through villages wearing
masks and costumes.
The practice was believed to heal problems, chill out
ancestors and fellow tribe members who had passed to the
spirit world and bring good fortune. This is a time of
masking, where the crossover between sacred and secular
reveals another character to the mask wearer. The
parading is also accompanied by dressing up with special
wear which may have spiritual significance. These
elements can still be found in today's New World
Carnival traditions as the product of a jazz like mix
with European traditions within the Caribbean, Latin,
Brazilian and Creole cultures of the Americas. As most
agree, humanity began in Africa, these syncretic
Carnaval traditions represent the completion of a cycle
as we move forward in the 21st century.
Grand Stand Seats will not be
pre-assigned.
Once you purchase your tickets you must retain a copy of
your receipt to exchange at an onsite ticket booth.
If you would like to sit with a particular group of people,
you can purchase all of your tickets on one transaction
otherwise you MUST show up together to guarantee that you
can all sit in the same section if your seats were purchased
separately.
Each Grand Stand area will be marked and only those with the
correct pass will be allowed into that section
