Carnival is a ten-day period of fun and eating, prior to fifty days of fasting, before Easter. During the first week called Meat Week, it is allowed to eat meat, whereas during the second week known as Cheese Week, only cheese and other dairy products are consumed. Carnival festivities begin on Thursday of the Meat Week. Carnival parades and fancy–dress balls are very popular. For further details see beyond each town.
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The Limassol Carnival is an important institution. It is enjoyed by everybody young and old. Foreigners, who happen to be here during t his period of the year or live permanently on the island, are passionate about the carnival period.
Several Carnival events take place all over Limassol from the 21st of February until the 6th of March. The most important events are:
Thursday February 24th (Shrove Thursday)
The Queen of the Amazons, on an illuminated float, will enter the city triumphantly, accompanied by Serenaders, the Band of the Limassol Municipality, the percussion group Batucinio, the Majorettes of Limassol, the Mayor and the City Council members.
The parade will start from the Town Hall at 7.00p.m. and will pass by the following streets: Archibishop Kyprianou, Athinon, Anexartisias, Ayiou Andreou, Karaiskaki (Municipal Library), Stasinou, Andrea Drousioti, ending at the Heroes’ Square where a party will take place.
Fireworks from the Town Hall start at 7.00p.m.
Sunday February 27th
Children’s Carnival Parade starting at 11:30am from the Citizen Service Center on Spyrou Araouzou Street (Coastal road opposite of the Sea Front Promenade) and finishing at Fytidio Sport Centre (GSO).
Sunday March 6th
The Grand Carnival Parade will start at 1:30pm from the Ayios Nikolaos Roundabout and will proceed along Makarios III Avenue up to Simillides Traffic Lights.
The Grand Carnival Parade is the final and most important event of all Carnival events in Cyprus. Many tens of thousands of people from all over the island come to watch a grand parade of many floats and thousands of participants dressed in colourful carnival costumes dancing in the sound of unified carnival music.
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