Tenerife court cancels Carnival -- it's too noisy
MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters Life!) - A Spanish court on Thursday canceled Carnival celebrations in the Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- one of the biggest in the world -- because they are too noisy.
The court awarded an injunction halting the celebrations after a group of citizens complained the festivities violated their human rights, State radio reported.
Carnival is celebrated in every town and village on the island of Tenerife but the most spectacular celebrations are in Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz.
The festivities include parades, dancing, music and fireworks and come to a climax with the famous "burial of the sardine."
In Santa Cruz, an enormous sardine sitting on a throne is carried through the streets on a float, followed by an entourage of mourners, pregnant men and widows in floods of tears amid general hysteria.
