Picture from Carneval La Vega Dominican Republic

LA VEGA , just 30km south of Santiago, started out as one of Columbus's gold-mining towns. Aside from the ruins of this old settlement, La Vega Vieja , there's little in today's noisy, concrete city to hold your attention. However, La Vega's Carnival celebrations in February are generally acknowledged to be among the most boisterous and authentic in the nation. A twenty-block promenade is set up between the two main parks, along which parade platoons of demons in impressively horrific masks , the making of which is somewhat of a local specialty craft.

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