Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates Cultural Carnival
Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates their First Cultural Carnival. Image Credit: Rachell Soler.
Higüey La Altagracia

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates Cultural Carnival

Rachell Soler

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates Cultural Carnival

Higüey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic – The Carnival is back in town! With the view of the Basilica in the background and hundreds of locals gathered in colorful colors, Higüey hosted its cultural carnival on Sunday, July 23.

 

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates Cultural Carnival
Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates their First Cultural Carnival. Image Credit: Rachell Soler.

 

The carnival went around the city and stopped at El Parque de La Salud, where there was a stage set up and people waiting to see the participants in their costumes. There were a variety of dancers in traditional Dominican suits as well as pageant princesses on horses waving gracefully at the town.

 

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates Cultural Carnival
Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates their First Cultural Carnival. Image Credit: Rachell Soler.

 

All ages were welcome at the carnival which consisted of traditional dance performances, a live Merengue band and a comedy show by the well known Dominican actor, Fausto Mata. There were many concession stands around the street selling finger foods like empanadas as well as cool refreshments for the afternoon heat.

 

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates their First Cultural Carnival. Image Credit: Rachell Soler.

 

A variety of famous Higüey natives and special guests were in attendance, like Rafa Rosario, from the popular Merengue group Los Hermanos Rosario. The invitees spoke about how proud they were to be from La Altagracia.

The carnival was made possible by dozens of sponsors ranging from local clinics to the Bavaro International Airport Foundation. It has been over a decade since a cultural carnival was celebrated in the city of Higüey, so it was a special day for Altagracianos, old and young.

 

Higüey, La Altagracia Celebrates their First Cultural Carnival. Image Credit: Rachell Soler.

 

The people of Higüey and other neighboring towns around La Altagracia danced all afternoon and night to the sound of Merengue as they enjoyed the festivities of the first Cultural Carnival hosted in their city.

 

Rachell Soler | Latin American Correspondent

Rachell Soler is a Dominican journalist and creative who is passionate about culture, music, art and food-tasting. She enjoys learning people’s stories and encouraging those in her community to embrace their upbringings. Soler is a Southwest Houston, Texas product and hopes to enlighten the world with her writing. Her stories are meant to reveal what is often lost in the background and tell inspiring stories that are usually left untold. She is a singer-songwriter in her free time, as she maintains a multifaceted lifestyle while she finishes her studies at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.