Tenerife Carnaval: The party is back on

The news we were all waiting for today, was the decision from the "contentious" court in Santa Cruz over the fate of the nighttime revelries for the capital's Carnaval. "There will be Carnaval in the streets and with all the noise possible," report Canarias7.

The judge lifted the precautionary suspension and declared that the residents' case was "inadmissible". Rejecting the injunction based on an appeal lodged by a group of residents who said the carnival was too noisy, judge Jaime Guilarte Martin-Calero said that the issue had already been settled by a 2006 court ruling.

The lawyer acting for the residents, Felipe Campos, had to be escorted by several police when leaving the court today. Earlier, Campos had complained of "a possible manipulation of public opinion to generate a hostile climate against his clients."

Personally, I think not: Carnaval's popularity, with the majority, speaks for itself.

There will not, however, be any street parties for Carnaval tonight or tomorrow, Tuesday, because the town hall in Santa Cruz have declared two days of mourning out of respect for the six people who died in Los Silos at the weekend.

Carnaval events will resume on Wednesday night with the big, televised, Gala for the Selection of the Carnaval Queen and, will continue on Friday, when the Cabalgata Anunciadora officially brings the Carnaval entourage out into the streets. Parade starts at 8 p.m. and will be followed by - no doubt, noisy - fireworks.

Just as it did last year and, as I suspected, Carnaval got it's "last minute reprieve". I should have had money on the outcome. Oh well, there's always next year! :)

Tenerife allowed to celebrate carnival after all
Carnival is back on in Santa Cruz de Tenerife!