May 29-30, 2016 (Saturday – Sunday)
2857 24th Street
San Francisco, CA
Carnaval San Francisco is a beloved Memorial Day Weekend
event featuring a Grand Parade and 2–day Festival, celebrating music and
cultural elements from Latin American and Caribbean traditions.
Come celebrate with us at the 38th annual Carnaval San
Francisco, a FREE 2–day family festival in San Francisco’s Mission District
over Memorial Day weekend — on Harrison Street between 16th and 24th Streets —
and experience global cuisine, international music, dance, arts & crafts,
and other fun activities and entertainment on every street corner for the
entire family to enjoy. Carnaval San Francisco is the largest multi–cultural
celebration on the West Coast.
The 2016 theme, “¡Viva La Madre Tierra!/Long Live Mother
Earth!”, celebrates Mother Earth's prevalence in many cultures worldwide as the
manifestation of the natural world.
The concept of La Madre Tierra, or Mother Earth is
prevalent in many cultures throughout the globe. She is seen as the symbol of
fertility, abundance and the manifestation of the natural world. She not only
gives life but sustains it; from her womb she gave origin to all the plants,
animals, and people.
Mother Earth is commonly viewed as a benevolent goddess,
yet, like every mother, she knows how to get her point across and reprimand her
children. She is a warrior and an ever present protector of her creations.
Abuse her benevolence and you will feel her wrath by earthquakes, floods,
droughts or wildfires.
Cost: Free
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