Viareggio Carnival pays tribute to Frida Kahlo with a first-class float

The 2019 edition of the Viareggio Carnival also pays homage to art: one of the first category flo ats (those that, in the classification of the Tuscan event, are the largest and most important floats) is all dedicated to Frida Kahlo. The float is titled Adelante and was created by the Lebigre and Roger company, a historic Carnival “brand” founded in 1980 by the French couple composed of Gilbert Lebigre (who passed away in 2016) and Corinne Roger.

“Adelante means beyond,” reads the float’s official presentation. “Frida Kahlo was a revolutionary, poetic woman and artist who went beyond, beyond the schemes, beyond the impositions of her time, always projected forward with love, irony and strength. The builders want to represent her spirit by following which the travelers, who represent human beings, will have to go beyond all walls, cynicism, brutality, in a human revolution propelled by feminine energy, going on in search of a new possible world.”

To see the grand float dedicated to Frida Kahlo there are still two more masked parades, the one on Sunday, March 3, and the grand final parade on Shrove Tuesday, March 5, at the end of which the winning float will be proclaimed. More information is available on the Viareggio Carnival website.

Viareggio Carnival pays tribute to Frida Kahlo with a first-class float

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