This years Santa Cruz carnival in Tenerife gets started this year on 6th February and the festivities continue until February 17th. This year’s theme is Bollywood as chosen by voters in Tenerife and will be the inspiration for costumes and songs and carnival acts.
Tenerife has had a large Hindu population from India for generations the mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, has shown his support for the choice of theme.
The Bollywood theme was chosen by 42 per cent of the voters with the theme for cartoons coming second, followed by ‘Carnivals of the World, ‘Africa’, ‘The Sea’ and ‘The Olympics’.
