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This carnival is the best known and celebrated festival on the island, especially in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital. Over several days, brightly coloured costumes and lively carnival-goers flood the streets of the city with an extraordinary festive atmosphere. The "fiesta" in the streets of Santa Cruz starts on the Friday before Carnival Tuesday (shrove Tuesday) with a spectacular opening procession, which reaches its height during the night: thousands of carnival-goers in fancy dress dance and enjoy themselves until the early hours of the next day. .../
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