The colorful Dominican carnival is coming to Hollywood district in Los Angeles, California. The event is organized by the Dominican Consul for California and the US West Coast, Celeste Jimenez Pena. Some 200 devilish characters from the famous La Vega carnival will travel to California for the event.
The First Dominican Carnival will parade along El Centro Avenue between Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard on Sunday, 7 June.
The consul signed an agreement in La Vega last week to bring the La Vega carnival to California with Senator Euclides Sanchez, La Vega Mayor Fausto Ruiz and Orlando Lora, president of the Union Carnavalesca Vegana (UCAVE) that organizes the event every year.
Jimenez said that this is a first for Hollywood, as no other country has brought its carnival there.
Jimenez says the idea is to promote Dominican cultural values and the DR as a tourism and investment destination.