La Ceiba Carnival | HONDURAS

Honduras’s Carnival celebrations attract hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. La Ceiba Carnival celebrates and honors the city’s patron saint Isidore the Laborer, who was known for his kindness to the poor and animals. During the carnival season neighborhoods across Honduras have their own “Carnavalito” celebrations, meaning small carnivals. Like any carnival event you’ll find food, drinks, music, dancing, and happy people. These individual carnival parties last two weeks until the big event,
“Gran Carnaval de La Ceiba”. The carnavalitos celebrated around Honduras merge to celebrate together. This is a common theme of Honduras carnival. Carnival enthusiast abroad come to La Ceiba to represent their country on giant floats. La Ceiba Carnival clan only be described as a float parade. Expects grand colorful floats filled with a variety of people and goodies. The naval service of Honduras is also represented. You’ll also find a troop of horses opening the parade. And after the parade passes the route turns into one of the biggest street festivals in Central America. Food, music, dance, people.