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Merida Carnival Video 2006

By Working Gringos
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This is a “highlights” reel from the final Carnival (Mardi Gras) parade on Fat Tuesday 2006, called the “War of the Flowers”, where people toss flowers at each other. At least that’s how they do it here. In some parts of Mexico, they throw water balloons filled with not very nice stuff, so we’re told. The tradition of throwing water and other liquids of people on the last day of Carnival seems to have died out in the Yucatan the last few years. But you can still get someone’s attention by yelling “Aguas!”. That literally means “waters!” but it means “Watch out! You are about to get water thrown on your head!”

You can also read our companion article called Carnaval, Yucatan Style.

If you don’t see a video player below after a few moments, you probably need to install Flash Player 8. If you do see it, then click the Play button on the left to start the video. If you have any problems or comments, please let us know so we can improve. Gracias!



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20 Responses to “Merida Carnival Video 2006”

  1. "Anonymous" said on March 2nd, 2006:

    Great Job! It’s fun to see those people having fun.

  2. "You Know Me" said on March 3rd, 2006:

    Pretty cool.

  3. "You know me too." said on March 4th, 2006:

    REALLY cool

  4. "BillieS" said on March 4th, 2006:

    Video works great. Thanks.

  5. "Roy" said on April 27th, 2006:

    Great video. I had so much fun watching it.

  6. "Teresa" said on May 24th, 2006:

    Gotta say guys this was fun! Thanks for sharing. I was in Mexico City for 1 year and now in Ensenada with my family.
    I havent found what I am looking for yet. Yuo stayed and found a place, great job, Hopefully we will do the same.
    Had fun, video was awsome.
    Gracias from
    one oregonian wife with a mexicano hubby:)

  7. "Chris" said on June 8th, 2006:

    I guess I’m the odd one out. Can hear the sound, but not see the video. I installed (from your link) Macromedia Flash 7,0,19,0, but nope… Sounds like a LOT Of fun!
    Using MSIE 6.0.2900.2180
    Tried it on FireFox too, but got nothing at all there. v 1.5.0.4

  8. "Chris" said on June 9th, 2006:

    Hi,

    Just drop my comment above. I finally got the Macromedia site to load 8.0 to my PC and everything works fine in MSIE. Sorry to bother you! THanks! LOVE the videO!

  9. "Bob Bedrossian" said on September 17th, 2006:

    There’s always a party happening in Merida.

  10. "omar sosa" said on September 27th, 2006:

    gran trabajo amigos,es un placer poder ver aunke sea por imagenes el lugar donde creci,espero ke el proximo carnaval lo vuelvan a grabar,sigan incluyendo mas videos,por ejemplo, de la vida nocturna en merida.bye god bless you.

  11. "mercy medalian" said on November 26th, 2006:

    I like the video. It’s so typical of the Mexican people to celebrate life. I also noted the cop at the end with the big stick. That is typical too. Kindness works better than sticks.

  12. "chris toreres" said on December 2nd, 2006:

    hola a todos los yucas desde montreal

  13. "Anonymous" said on December 10th, 2006:

    Great video. I was in Merida for Carnaval 2006. Great city, great people. Fantastic seeing 3, even 4 generations enjoying Carnaval together. Viva Mexico!

  14. "Merida Carnaval 2007" said on February 8th, 2007:

    [...] Yucatan Living’s Carnaval Video [...]

  15. "Suz and Phil" said on March 27th, 2007:

    We can’t wait to get in the swing of things. We are buying a house (in the hands of the attorney now)in Chelem and I have a job at a US firm in Merida. 5 more years as a working gringo myself and then it’s playa time for ever! We knew we hadn’t left the fearies and satyrs in the states at fearie worlds!

  16. "Martin Euan" said on April 6th, 2007:

    This video makes me home sick. I have not been to Merida in 20 years, I have forgotten how wonderful it is.
    Thanks!

  17. "gabriel gomez" said on December 1st, 2007:

    i left merida 27 years ago. i am from colonia visente solis. i really miss my home and me familia. i am very proud to be meridian,well american by now. i really enjoyed el carnaval. i had forgotten all about it. thank you. that was wonderful.

  18. "anna soberanis" said on January 31st, 2008:

    mme gusto mucho el video!….me gusto como todos tienen un buen dia i los ninos se divierten!yo soy de hoston Tx….mi papa fue bailarin del gobierno del estado y siampre me platica de la cultura…me siento orgullosa de ello! :)

  19. "Hans" said on May 27th, 2008:

    The video is great! Lots of memories came to mind after watching it. It’s been a while since I visited dear Merida. Thanks for the upload.

  20. "Jorge" said on May 24th, 2010:

    wonderful video i myself was an elementary school King 28 years ago ja, ja, ja.

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