{"id":56011,"date":"2025-03-27T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.naarcuracao.staging.golf.gillz.cloud\/?p=56011"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:26:40","slug":"curacao-carnival-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/website.naarcuracao.staging.golf.gillz.cloud\/en\/curacao-carnival-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Curacao Carnival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saturday January 10 2026, the Curacao Carnival season will be festively opened at the Curacao Festival Center. Carnival will be celebrated in Curacao on a grand scale and various events will be organized until February 21 2026. <\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Curacao carnival: different from the Netherlands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is one thing for sure, Carnival in Curacao is completely different from those in the Netherlands. That starts with the music. Where cheerful hoempapa music can be heard in the Netherlands, in Curacao, people party to Tumba. Tumba is an upbeat style of music and dance in which you will hear many instruments. The message of Tumba songs is always positive. Besides the music, the way of dressing up is also completely different. In the Netherlands, depending on each region, you see mostly people in crazy costumes or homemade themed clothing. In Curacao, people walk in beautiful costumes with headdresses, glitter, feathers and lots of color, which are usually worked on all year to make the costumes for the whole carnival group. What is also different is the way Carnival is celebrated. In the Netherlands everyone goes to the pub, in Curacao Carnival is all about Tumba and parades in the streets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Curacao Carnival 2026 group street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cheerful music, beautiful costumes and parades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are 5 major carnival groups marching in the parades. During these parades, children, teens and adults walk and dance to perfection and in the finest costumes. In addition to the participants, festive floats will also pass by. This year’s carnival theme in Curacao is “nos Karnaval” (our carnival). If you want to watch the beautiful parades, you can easily do so by just picking a nice spot along the route. Keep in mind that you may (probably) be out in the sun for a while, so bring sunscreen<\/a>, a bottle of water and, if possible, something like a cap.If you really want to immerse yourself in the Cura\u00e7ao Carnival, you can sign up<\/a> to join one of the carnival groups in the parades. For this you will then pay (minimum) about US$ 750 and for this you will get a magnificent costume + participation in the Gran Marcha, the big parade, among other things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Curacao carnival 2026: the parades<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

This year’s parades are on the following dates, with indicative start times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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