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Counting the days to be on the road again!

Welcome to 2021, it started weird without a torch parade, somehow we are in the 3rd wave, mostly due to the December holidays.

Yes the numbers are on the rise, but the carnival bug is biting a lot of people giving them that yearly fever!

So here are we, Aruba, no carnival activities, no virtual carnival reality musical shows. You know, at least that a little bands “297verzuz battle” with some songs, but nada.

That crown virus has placed a spell on the most of us, it even has me wondering if carnival is really part of our culture.

Dande, came and went with a virtual festival, no problem. Our sister island, Curacao is preparing to have a virtual Tumba Revival Festival,  (they live and die for culture).  They are planning to present all the songs that won from 1971 to 2020 and also the songs didnt win, but made a big impact on the road.

Our other sister island, Sint Maarten is preparing to start their Carnival season in April/May (April 16th - May 2nd 2021) following strict rules of their Public Health Department.

Meanwhile on Aruba, we are waiting to see what is going to happen! SMAC and MUSICA will notify the public soon about their plans for carnival 2021, but this should stop the Spirit of Carnival in its regular season.

It looks like some of us lost our Carnival soul, even in the future generation. To keep it alive,  its should pushed in school as a arts and craft, musical classes. I was happy to hear on "Co a bai live" that there are teachers, who take that extra effort to bring it, our carnival culture in the classrooms.

It is surprising that some companies are promoting our carnival culture with who can create the most carnivalistic face mask and their Mango beer! The rest are either they give up, not interested or are waiting for summer 2021.

With all of this going on, it has many of us questioning, if Carnival is really a part of our culture or did we let go temporarily with the hope on the salvation of the vaccine, in order to come back as new born revellers in 2022.

Keeping the spirit alive. If we rest too long, we might just let it go next year. People tend to forget easily. I’m talking about right here on Aruba. 

Beni bırakıp gitmeyeceksin değil mi George?Beni bırakmayacağını biliyorum.

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George tabancayı kaldırdı, Lennie’nin ensesine yaklaştırdı. Eli tir tir titriyordu, ama yüzünde kararlı bir ifade vardı, silkindi ve elini sabitleştirdi. Tetiği çekti.