Each year the Carnaval de Ovar judges all parade entries in three categories by points: Carnival, Passerelle (catwalk?), and Samba School. The 1st place winner in the Carnival category was the group Vampiros (Vampires), who took on a steampunk-inspired railroad theme with requisite costumes and mega-props, including mobile railroad signals, tracks, and a gigantic train engine with moving arms. It was theatrical and the music was perfect: a dubstep cover of “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes, and AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”.

I was too busy shooting to get my phone out to make a video, so here’s a one-minute clip from Rádio AVfm of the end of their performance segment. There will probably be more videos of the parade appearing on YouTube over the next little while, but at least you can see the train’s arms in motion (there is a point where it gets very animated, but it isn’t in this clip).

The parade was more than four hours long, so as you can imagine I’m still editing. I’ll have a commentary post up soon along with another batch of photos, but until then you can find more photos in the album: Carnaval de Ovar 2015

Carnaval de Ovar website: http://www.carnaval.ovar.net/
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See also: Carnaval de Ovar 2015: A Video Preview

February 17, 2015
Album: Carnaval de Ovar 2015