This afternoon comes the most expected moment of the flower festival week. The parade of over 1200 people, divided into ten different groups, through the Avenida do Mar, in Funchal. On a day in which sun promises to be an added bonus, the parade is scheduled for 16h.
This year there’s an added novelty, as the parade features an additional group, a special invitation, from the free State, in South Africa, coordinated by well known designer João Egídio.
Millions of flowers make participating kids and grown ups special, and will give the city a scent of charm, beauty and grandness, which has happened, yearly, since 1979.
The ten groups will be featured as follows:
– “Madeira uma flor de flores” (Madeira, a flower of flowers) – João Egídio Rodrigues
– Invited group from the Free State – África do Sul
– “Encanto das Flores” (Flowers’ Charm) – Associação de Animação Geringonça
– “Madeira ilha das flores” (Madeira, Island of flowers) – Turma do Funil
– “Jardins, a beleza dos sonhos” (Gardens, the beauty of dreams) – Associação Fura Samba
– “Os jardins da Império” (The gardens of the empire) – Associação Império da Ilha
– “Borboleta de Sonhos” (Dreams’ butterfly) – Sorrisos de Fantasia
– “Gloss de Primavera” (Spring gloss) – Associação ANIMAD
– “Madeira florida”(Flowery Madeira) – Escola de Samba Caneca Furada
– “Dreamland” (Dreamland) – Isabel Borges
