But not only Rabadan: many more carnivals are warming up the cold winter days in the Canton starting as early as mid-January. In Locarno, the "Stranociada" is an appointment not to be missed on Friday night (Feb 21st), where the old town is invaded by masks, little tents, Guggen, music and pure fun until early in the morning.
The Nebiopoli Carnival in Chiasso is the most important Roman-rite carnival in the Sottoceneri region, and its peculiarity is the absence of a king: in fact, the hand-over of power during the carnival goes to a Prime Minister, who transforms the town into the "Free Republic of Nebiopoli"'. From Thursday, Feb 6th to Sunday, Feb 9th masked groups and Guggen transform the streets of the centre into a place of all-round fun. Don't miss the children's parade, the Guggen night parade and the 60th masked parade, which takes place for the first time on Saturday and in which many floats, groups, bands and Guggen participate.
In many different locations throughout the Canton, celebrations take place only at the end of the Carnival week, following the Ambrosian rite. Biasca, Brissago and Tesserete can pride themselves with some of the busiest Carnivals, with their Saturday parades featuring masked groups, floats and Guggen. The large masked parties in public spaces all over the town centres start on Thursday night, with games, risotto for everybody, many confetti and bands performing live music.
A wild world of colours, masks and sounds is not to be missed so download the list of Ticino's carnevals here and mark your agendas.
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