TRAVELING MAGAZINE

But in 1959, the festivities were to change
and took a different course, Dr. Miguel
Félix Charlaix became in the Department
Governor of San Miguel, who noticed the
insolation by the people to the
celebrations; and decided that the concerts
took place in the street of the city, that
was the beginning of a great celebrations
that would come later. Two years after the
carnival beginning, it became more
international with the visit of the
president of Guatemala in that time, was
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes and the five
representatives beauty of each country of
Central America.
Year by year, the carnival has gotten
more popularity to San Miguel and also
to El Salvador, until becomes to “El
carnival de San Miguel” in the most
representative carnival in Central America. Nowadays, people from North America and
around the world, come to San Miguel to enjoy the great carnival that every last
Saturday of November take place in the beautiful city of San Miguel, also named “La
Perla de Oriente”.
The song of “El carnaval de San Miguel” was created by Paquito Palaviccini; and the
most known part says: Ni pobre, ni rico, ni joven, ni viejo, ni bello, ni feo, ni chele, ni
prieto, ni hembra, ni macho, ni alto, ni bajo, todo es igual en San Miguel, en Carnaval.
That’s mean that does not matter where you are or where are you from, just come and
have fun here in “El carnaval de San Miguel” , that it’s waiting for you, and the best
is that it is Free!!!
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