Opening parade of the Uruguayan carnival back after pandemic

The inaugural Carnival parade will once again take place along the main avenue of Montevideo, as was the case before the health emergency caused by COVID-19.

This parade begins the classic Uruguayan festival, which lasts until the month of march with different events and contests.

Last year the parade Carnival It was carried out in the quarries of Parque Rodó, this was due to the Covid 19 health emergency.

The space on the sides of 18 de Julio Avenue is small, and for this reason the departmental government of Montevideo chose to move the point to a place with more space for spectators.

The traditional parade will receive 47 carnivalesque groups, which are divided into different categories: street musicians, parodists, comedians, magazines and comparsas.

These same ones will later be part of the official contest, which takes place on the stage of the Ramón Collazo Summer Theater, located in the boulevard from Montevideo.

The Official Uruguayan Carnival Contest will begin, January 23 at the stage most important of the Carnival, the Summer Theater. The 39 participating groups have already been defined, among the five categories.

This contest has three stages, in which each group is evaluated by a jury, and from there it goes to the next or not.

The ones that will end up being winners will go through the stage three times, and each time their presentation is improved, due to the time they have been filming it on the stage.