PRESS RELEASE (18/01/2017)
Loano returns to host the largest carnival in Liguria. The floats of the CarnevaLöa will parade again in the beautiful waterfront setting of Loano.
Arrived at the 26th edition, the Loano carnival, organized by the’Old Loano Association with contributions from the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano, will offer a varied program of events: cortees of masks, parades of floats and street parties for children.
“CarnevaLöa represents one of the most anticipated events of the Loano winter. - Say the mayor Luigi Pignocca and the Councillor for Tourism, Culture and Sports. Remo Zaccaria - There are few municipalities that can count on the industriousness and creativity of so many volunteers. Carnevalöa is in fact the result of the commitment of many people who believe in the value of doing and being together. The Old Loano Association has been able to recover the loanese carnival tradition by reviving it with renewed enthusiasm and creativity.”
“It's already three months," says Santino Puleo president of the Old Loano Association -that we are working on the realization of the “CarnevaLöa. This year we have reached the 26th edition and the many volunteers are proud to continue this historic and traditional event that has more than one hundred years of history at Loano. We invite everyone who has a desire to do so to help set up the floats or organize masked groups to make the parades even more beautiful.”
To inaugurate the Carnevalöa, will be the 29 January, the ceremony of handing over the keys to the city To the three loanese masks: Puè Pepin King of Carnival, U Beciancin official mask of the CarnevaLöa and Captain Fracassa, mask of the commedia dell'arte.
After the handover of the keys, the Grand Parade of Masks through the city streets (waterfront and old town) in which numerous carnival delegations from Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Latium e Tuscany. The meeting and the start of the parade will be in Italy Square, starting with the 3 p.m..
The key handover ceremony will be attended by the president of the Ligurian Council of Associations for Culture, Arts, Traditions and Environmental Defense Franco Salvadori and the chairman of the National Masks Committee Maurizio Trapelli.
During the event, the new Ligurian masks that will join the National Masks Committee and the National Register of Italian Masks In the presence of the contact person for Liguria of the Committee. Santino Puleo, president of the Old Loano Association.
The Loano carnival will continue with two afternoons dedicated to children: from hours 15.00, the February 18, in Italy Square with music, entertainment and carnival sweets, and the February 25 in Place Massena With the traditional piñata.
I 13 carts made by carnival artisans will parade down Corso Roma (waterfront) on the February 26 and the March 5, accompanied by marching bands, majorettes and walking masked groups.
Sunday, February 26 as part of the parade will take place the Village Palio, a carnival competition involving floats representing the villages of Loano. The March 5 the carnival festival will close with the Palio of the Commons, which will compare floats from the riparian and inland municipalities that have joined the event.
