Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2021

Senior, Adult and Junior Guardians of the Sceptre

There was no new carnival queen in 2021, but Guardians of the Sceptre who will be in charge of guarding it until the election of the Carnival Queen can be celebrated again. Candidates were those who had already been proclaimed queens in past years.

The Guardians of the Sceptre are: 

• Adult: Naomi María Cabrera Pulido, originally proclaimed Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2011
• Senior: Antonia Garrido Francés, Senior Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz 2019
• Junior: Ylenia Rodríguez Domínguez, who had been Junior Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2019

The theme of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival in 2021 was Carnivals of the World. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival was not celebrated in its usual manner in the streets and only some events and documentaries related to the carnival were broadcast virtually. 

The Casa del Carnaval (House of Carnival) museum hosted an exhibition entitled "Traditional Carnivals in the Canary Islands" with representations of carnival groups from Lanzarote, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Los Indianos de La Palma, among others. 

Science Fiction has already been chosen as the theme of Santa Cruz Carnival 2022. What form that will take, and whether it will take place in it's usual format on it's customary dates, we shall have to wait and see and entirely depends on the evolution of the pandemic.

Santa Cruz, Corazón del Carnaval | 07/03/21