OUR DELEGATION IN GERMANY
For a week a delegation from Puerto de la Cruz travels to the city of Düsseldorf made up of the King, the Queen and the bridesmaids of the carnival with the fantasies with which they obtained these awards, a folk group, support staff and representatives of the City Council, to participate in certain events in different cities of the North Rhine-Westphalia region.
During this stay, a tight promotional program is developed with visits to certain places and constant appearances in the daily press, radio and television.
For these morning appearances, the King, the Queen and their Ladies of Honor, as well as the folk group, are dressed in typical costumes. At night, they participate in the most important festivals of the Rhine Carnival, which in their playbills include photos and texts referring to the performance of this delegation at said festival during the previous year.
Another of the promotional formulas used consists of intervening in several of the bullrings that are held in the region (Neuss, Duisburg and Mönchengladbach).
The one in the city of Düsseldorf, for example, which is celebrated on Rose Monday, is usually followed by a million and a half people in situ (the number varies depending on the weather), and is broadcast nationally on television, in addition through the international channel.
In it, the delegation is presented with a very colorful float that bears the name of Puerto de la Cruz, adorned with thousands of natural strelitzias and the Queen with her Bridesmaids dressed in the costumes that they exhibited at the Puerto de la Cruz carnival the previous year.
Finished this week of work in the city of Düsseldorf, the promotion continues in Tenerife.
El de la ciudad de Düsseldorf, por ejemplo, que se celebra el Lunes de Rosa, es seguido habitualmente por un millón y medio de personas in situ (el número varía dependiendo de la climatología), y es retransmitido a nivel nacional por televisión, además de por el canal internacional.
En él, la delegación se presenta con una carroza muy colorista que lleva el nombre de Puerto de la Cruz, engalanada con miles de strelitzias naturales y la Reina con sus Damas de honor ataviadas con los disfraces que el año anterior exhibieron en el carnaval portuense.
Terminada esta semana de trabajo en la ciudad de Düsseldorf, la promoción continúa en Tenerife.
THE GERMAN DELEGATION IN PUERTO DE LA CRUZ
A delegation from this city travels to Puerto de la Cruz, led by the Prince and the Venetia of this German Carnival with their fanfare and various political personalities, the Honor Guard of the Mayor of Düsseldorf, the Princes of the Carnival of the cities of Duisburg , Neuss, Monchengladbach, Erkelenz, Bonn with their respective courts, as well as delegations from Vechta, Eschborn, Scharmede, etc.
The evolution of these delegations is followed by German media that send the information daily.
During their stay in Puerto de la Cruz they visit the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Loro Parque, etc., and participate in the coso-apotheosis of the carnival with decorated floats and cars from which the different pairs of princes greet the public.
In 2016, the friendship agreement between the cities of Düsseldorf and Puerto de la Cruz was reaffirmed with the signing of an agreement that took place on February 9 at the town hall of this German city, signed in this case by Mr. Thomas Geisel (Düsseldorf) and D. Lope Afonso (Puerto de la Cruz).
This exchange has become one of the hallmarks of the International Carnival of Puerto de la Cruz, to whom the internationality of its name is due.
La evolución de estas delegaciones es seguida por medios de comunicación alemanes que envían la información diariamente.
Durante su estancia en el Puerto de la Cruz visitan el Cabildo de Tenerife, el Loro Parque, etc, y participan en el coso-apoteosis del carnaval con carrozas y coches engalanados desde los que las diferentes parejas de príncipes saludan al público.
En 2016 se ha reafirmado el acuerdo de amistad entre las ciudades de Düsseldorf y Puerto de la Cruz con la firma de un convenio que tuvo lugar el día 9 de febrero en el ayuntamiento de esta ciudad alemana, firmado en este caso por D. Thomas Geisel (Düsseldorf) y D. Lope Afonso (Puerto de la Cruz).
Este intercambio se ha convertido en una de las señas de identidad del Carnaval Internacional de Puerto de la Cruz, a quien se debe la internacionalidad de su nombre.