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carnival ground that the best times lived among us. Audiovisual testimonies abound consecrated the apotheosis of King Momo, who towered surrounded by his court of stunning dancers, the watermark of the colorful costumes, floats and more monumental bullerengues extras.

In the streets and avenues, the village was added as enthusiastic to deal without candy and party favors, dancing under a slip of paper and a shower of sky covered by the network of coils of all sizes and colors, which Finally all were tangled. And those big band in full swing.

is true that Carnival has not disappeared, but there are signs that his best days are past. There are masks, funny and grotesque, falls and fall. Costumes, which you look, all spades and raleas.

still exhibit floats and a shameless, sometimes funny, but mostly dominates the hallmark of the carnival that is the deception, permissiveness and lack of control. But something is missing.

would say that the carnival retain some of their noise, display colorful plumage, some to haunt the deceitful flashes of stones, the mirrors and tinsel, but what will the carnival between we languish. Shuts down the euphoria. Momo

stirring, shows off their best faces and cuddle, thrill seeking and if you see that you can not spread their joy down from his throne, he starts with a guaracha, but that leaves you aching, wistful, plaintive, as if interpreted Old Cow in an arrangement for Te Deum.

"Up, my cow, PA milk bring you take," strives king of the party. And the vaquita looks and Remiro, silent, incredulous, as all who know that to get milk will have to kick sooooo looooong street and have luck. Decadent

, the carnival has gone through the usual pagan ritual poor pay, and that the party will water the most painted.

Who can have fun with their pockets turned upside down like a scarecrow? Be clean during Carnival is the most heartbreaking thing in the world.

It is thus worthwhile to clarify, that Guyana protests overshadow the carnival of El Callao, joins them and the parade of teachers and university students, cement workers, the oil companies, utilities, food industries, doctors and nurses . Together

are making more noise than ten schools of samba. There are tambourine or caixa, and Agogo, but every reason in the world. The lack of money and will be a general malaise.

And as mentioned, the bad general is one of the dress that has become common currency in modern carnivals, but experts doubt it is a folk costume, which does not mean that some tidy parade and comparsa.

Momo, you know, is based on the groups that in recent years have been the soul of the carnival vernacular. Without the extras the king of the party nothing can, nothing moves, fail miserably. Momo no extras would be like the carnival in Rio without samba.

oldest among the groups include those of the Lupercalia and Saturnalia, and in modern times include The fiscal and Morales (ma non troppo). In the male line, for years nobody has been able to dispute the palm Comparsita of Lords and of the controllers, whose leader also has the privilege of telling the other scola when they go and when they are not pa'l dance.

Paradoxically, one thing remains the carnival so happy, write about it to produce as much nostalgia and sadness. The sadness that gives see that in this carnival of money in this crazy dance of millions, all is on track to end reduced to mountains of pills and coils of paper swept by the breeze, no fixed course. Luckily

already passed octavitas and the other year should mark the rebirth of joy, that it does not need a carnival eternal, but the orchestra to play for everyone. We how. Haste, then, because otherwise, as the poet said: "There will not be, but memories .."

(Published in the newspaper Tal Cual on Sunday March 13, 2011)