Filip (44) with a lampshade on his head on the plane to celebrate carnival in Tenerife: a Delicious combination carnival and holidays, all while it was hot with so’n ‘sheets frak to your body

Aalst Dressed in a ‘sheets frak’ and with a lampshade on the head when planning Filip Beerens (44) carnival is celebrated in Tenerife. The fur coat filled the half of his suitcase, the lampshade was there not more in and put Filip on his head. “This way I can have my holiday in Tenerife combine with carnival, but it was definitely sweating in the fur coat,” says Filip.

According to Wikipedia, is the carnival of Tenerife is the second largest carnival in the world after that of Rio De Janeiro. Filip Beerens went with two friends to go to, but got into traditional from aalst costumes through the streets of the Canary island: if Voil Jeanet so.

“Two years ago I was already to agree to the procession going to see, and I was not really impressed. They are beautiful cars, but not that elaborate floats, as shown in Aalst see it. Now wanted two friends dressed up as from aalst Voil Jeanetten to the carnival of Tenerife, and that I wanted to also experience,” says Filip.

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The carnival of Santa Cruz takes several weeks. “So we selected itself, three crazy days: 4, 5 and 6 march. “On those days are the highlights of the carnival itself one after the other. 5 march is an official holiday in the Canary islands. The party of 4 march is one of the busiest of the carnival there. The tram remains the whole night driving,” says Filip. “I would describe it as a busy night at the Gentse feesten, but where everyone dressed up as at the Aalst carnival. Only 23 hours to drop the mass back to the centre and the party continues until the early hours of the morning,” he says.