{"id":79178,"date":"2025-03-05T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angolans-celebrate-annual-carnival"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:32:08","slug":"angolans-celebrate-annual-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angolans-celebrate-annual-carnival","title":{"rendered":"Angolans Celebrate Annual Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Dancing, music and bright outfits filled the streets of Angolan capita Luanda, as Angolans gathered to celebrate the annual carnival.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Isabel Tanda, Director of Rangel Municipal Culture, said, &#8220;we&#8217;re here to show that previous editions will be different from the current one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the 47th edition of the major cultural event A lot of preparation goes in to the event; those in charge of the carnival groups say all the hard work has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>Benezito Jacinto, leader of the carnival group Unia\u0303o da Bixila, said, &#8220;we&#8217;re well prepared, really well prepared with everything, yes, we&#8217;re here to kick some ass, we&#8217;re not here to play, there are bands waiting for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year, the event with the anniversary commemorations of 50 years of national independence.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio de Oliveira, Secretary General of Cultural Associations in the capital province of Luanda and member of the Carnival Organizing Committee, said, &#8220;we&#8217;re in the process of organizing the victories of the radical, the highlight is Angola 50 years, we think we&#8217;re going to have a very beautiful parade with an effort on the scale of Angola 50 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>38 Carnival groups took part in the competitive parade including 15 groups from the children&#8217;s class. 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