Montevideo Carnival

Officially the world's longest carnival celebration, lasting over six weeks, Montevideo's Afro-Uruguyan Carnival (or ) is an event that no visitor to Uruguay can afford to miss. Attended by an astonishing 850,000 of Montevideo's 1.3 million-person population, it is a time when glitter and streamers fill the sultry night air, while competing carnival troupes, masked and plumed, perform nightly on open-air platforms, and bands of musicians ( ) roam the streets. The carnival events, beyond thei
Event Date: 26 January to 10 February 2012
Venue: Montevideo