La Ceiba Carnival - The Current Carnival

The Current Carnival

Nowadays the festivities start with the crowning of the queen, 2 weeks before the parade. Then a small procession with many of the local high schools takes place. The official St. Isidore feast day is on May 15 and it’s a local public holiday.

The week before the parade, from Monday to Friday, many neighborhoods and plazas have their own little carnivals. The neighborhoods and Plazas that have or still participate with their own small carnival are:

• Barrio La Isla
• Barrio Ingles
• Barrio Mejia
• Barrio El Iman
• Colonia El Sauce
• Barrio Solares Nuevos
• Mall Mega Plaza
• Plaza Premiere

The Saturday after the last little carnival during the afternoon the parade starts usually in the south end of Avenida San Isidro and runs along the entire road and ends at the beach. After the parade, thousands of people remain on the street where many people sell food, drink and souvenirs all night. The event is regarded as the largest in Central America, bringing over 500,000 tourists in 2008 alone (number provided by the Unidad Turistica Municipal, which is the office that is in charge of the carnival)