The annual Donkey Walkathon is a brisk walk through Aruba’s wonderful countryside and has become a tradition in the month of January. So get up and come along to support the Aruban donkeys with a healthy activity. Everyone, young and old, is welcome!
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Aruba’s Carnival Season 2014 has started with the Torch Parade
Aruba was looking forward to the first Carnival parade, highlighting the start of Aruba’s Carnival season and the many parades, pageants and musical contests/events that will follow. With nearly 10,000 people in 10 carnival groups, the Torch Parade was a huge success and an exciting opening of Aruba’s 60th Carnival season.
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Aruba Boardwalk Hotel announced new breakfast service for their guests
Owners Stephanie and Kimberly Rooijakkers of Aruba Boardwalk Small Hotel are proud to announce their new breakfast service for their guests. The sisters are always looking for ways to further improve their services for their guests and are hoping to pleasantly surprise their guests with Aruban breakfast favorites and locally grown fresh fruits on their new breakfast menu.
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Arikok Launches New Season of Movie Night at the Park on January 18
FREE entrance – Movie starts at 7:30 PM inside Aruba’s National Park Arikok
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TOB Carnival Group crowned their child queens for Carnival 60
TOB Carnival Group recently crowned two of their Carnival princesses during a special event. The TOB Carnival Queens will represent TOB during the Carnival Queen Elections.
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Aruba’s Dande King, Queen and King of Kings 2013 crowned
Dande music is an Aruban tradition played to welcome the New Year. In the past Dande groups visited Aruban homes signing their songs and wishing everyone a happy New Year. Each year a Dande festival is organized to keep this tradition alive. Children and adults compete against each other for the title Dande King, Dande Queen and Dande King of Kings.
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Aruba Ray’s Comedy Show is back on stage at the Westin Aruba Resort and Casino
Comedian Ray Ellin who returned and performed on Aruba several times, returns to the stage in the Westin Resort and Casino. His ‘Aruba Ray’s Ellin Comedy Show’ will feature NYC talents Brain Scott McFadden, Ted Alexandro, Chuck Nice and Lenny Marcus.
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This New Year began with a record number of participants joining in the New Year’s Plunge on Aruba
The Nieuwjaarsduik (New Years Plunge), an originally Dutch tradition that started in 1965 is also being organized on Aruba. Every year on January 1st at 12 PM hundreds of people ran into the ocean at Palm Beach to welcome the New Year. This year a record number of locals and tourists participate in the New Year’s Plunge.
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Seroe Preto, the City of Lights in Aruba went dark, highlighting the end of the holiday season
One of Aruba's most beloved end of the year traditions ended on Epiphany/Three King’s Day, the day the lights of Seroe Preto in San Nicolas were switched off. The lights will be turned on again in December 2014, welcoming another holiday season.
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Small changes announced in Aruba’s Carnival Parade Routes
Recently Aruba’s Police Department and Stichting Arubaanse Carnaval (SAC) announced that three Carnival parades will have some changes in their original route. Changes in the route are announced for the children’s parade in Oranjestad, the grand parade in San Nicolas and the grand parade in Oranjestad.
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Carnival 60 kicks off with the first Parade on Saturday January 11th 2014
The first Carnival Parade of this year will take place on Saturday 11th 2014. The Torch parade will be the first parade highlighting the start of the upcoming parades, contests and queen elections.
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Aruba is a very special place to spend New Year’s Eve
First of all we of VisitAruba would like to wish you all a very happy New Year and all the best for 2014. Traditionally Aruba is a very special place to spend New Year’s Eve, as locals and hotels treat Aruba with spectacular fireworks shows to officially welcome the New Year.
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Aruba says goodbye to 2013 and welcomes 2014 according to its own tradition
As part of the Aruban tradition various businesses and households close the end of a year with the lighting of a pagara, a long string of firecrackers. The noise and smoke are supposed to ban any evil-minded spirits and bad vibes. As always the pagaras of Renaissance Aruba Resort and Aruba Marriott Resosrt were one of the best attended spectacles on December 31st 2013.
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