Home Carnival 2024: The pictures that centered the gaze on the carnival parade

It was for another year impressive. Over 60,000 carnivalists entertained in with their souls… More than 60,000 carnivalists carried for about six hours the optimistic and hopeful message of joy for life, offering at the same time, during the great parade at the Patriot Carnival, a unique spectacle with their findability, dance and song. In fact, the rain that fell from time to time was not capable of flying, nor the carnivalists, but also the thousands of visitors attending the parade. The carnival parade began with the municipal music of the Municipality of Patras that played carnival rhythms and cheerleaders, while the chariots followed, of the carnival workshop. In particular, the “Propompos”, “King Carnival”, the chariot with the “Queen” of the patriotic carnival 2024, Georgia Sakka, the flower chariot with the 30,000 carnations, the “Smile” inspired by the old silent cinema, the “Dancers of Circus”, the “John Lennon” with the children of flowers and peace, as well as the chariots of the carnival of the young, “Moro Carnival”, “Travel with imagination”, “Karousel”, “Fengari”, “Skylaki”, “Sardipodarusa”, “Inguana” and “Chirko” took place. They then marched the 181 crews of the “Hide Treasure” with their impressive uniforms and inspired hats and accessories. In fact, several of the crews had created, with humor, aesthetics and imagination, chariots, imaginative wheeled structures, as well as small structures. The thousands of carnivalists with colorful and wintery momentum, created a river of head, magnetizing the looks of the thousands of spectators, who had flooded the sidewalks, George Square and the balconies of the downtown apartment buildings. The great parade was completed with the unchangeable custom of the chocolate war, leaving the sweetest taste to the thousands of spectators. This year’s patriotic carnival will be completed at 9:00 p.m., where it will take place at the monastery of Agios Nikolaos, in the northern port, the closing ceremony with central elements of the burning of the king carnival and the throwing of fireworks. It will follow for an hour a Heaven on Mars concert that will travel the audience to the 80s, while the party will continue until the early morning hours with Djs Michalis Tsaousopoulos and Kostas Zekos.