Parrandas

Parrandas, are traditional carnival-like street fairs or block parties, with origins date back to the 19th century.

Second most popular are celebrated in Camajuaní, followed in popularity by Vueltas, Zulueta, Chambas, Guayos, El Santo, Taguayabón, Buenavista, Calabazar de Sagua, Zaza del Medio, Falcón, Vega Alta and many more small town of this central region of Cuba.

By the 19th century the noisy children had developed into people’s rumba with rhythm, music and verses (usually instigating the other district).

[1] Even when the entire night is celebrated under a competition mood, the Parranda actually is a friendly display of two districts that separate each northern town in Villa Clara province.

Floats are huge architectural structures filled with colours, light bulbs and fantasy décor hauled by a tractor.

When the float’s legend is finished and the structure has reached the end of its travel, which is no more than 40 meters, the pyrotechnics, which have rapidly placed lines as long as three or four blocks of rockets in the streets, use torches and running by the sides of the racks lit them.

Mortars are the antithesis of palenques since this type of firework makes a loud "canon like" sound that announces the end of its district display.

There is a small fireworks display announcing the last float just crossing the finish line, and this leads to the end of the competitive run.