Naykel
Naykel lives in Nicaragua, in the Caribbean town of Bluefields. He‘s not like the other kids in his neighborhood. „Sometimes I feel so different,“ he thinks. „Sometimes I feel like I don‘t belong anywhere. Sometimes I feel alone.“ The true story of a little outsider who became a great role model.
Naykel lives in Nicaragua, in the Caribbean town of Bluefields.
He‘s not like the other kids in his neighborhood.
„Sometimes I feel so different,“ he thinks.
„Sometimes I feel like I don‘t belong anywhere.
Sometimes I feel alone.“
The true story of a little outsider who became a great role model.
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Everybody here loves Carnival.<br />
Everybody dresses up.<br />
Everybody is having<br />
a lot of fun.<br />
Carnival in Bluefields<br />
In Bluefields, the carnival takes<br />
place in the month of May and<br />
lasts throughout the month.<br />
The people come together to<br />
celebrate every evening. They<br />
wear beautiful handcrafted<br />
costumes in different styles.<br />
There is a stage with music and<br />
dances and an election of Miss<br />
Mayo. A highlight of the carnival<br />
is the Maypole Festival.<br />
Palo de Mayo<br />
Palo de mayo is spanish and<br />
means „maypole“. A maypole is a<br />
decorated tree trunk that is set up<br />
in the month of may.<br />
Maypole Festival<br />
The palo de mayo is an old tradition<br />
in Bluefields. It is a festival held<br />
during Carnival.They say that<br />
maypole tradition was brought to<br />
Bluefields from Jamaica.<br />
Every of the 15 neighborhoods of<br />
Bluefiels bring a maypole which is<br />
decorated with fruit, sweets and<br />
color tapes. By dancing around the<br />
maypole the people pay homage<br />
to the goddess of fertility.<br />
Dance into May<br />
There is also a dance into May in<br />
many parts of Germany. There,<br />
too, huge maypoles are erected,<br />
which are colorfully decorated.<br />
And there, too, people dance<br />
around the maypole.
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