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21:01 Oct 27, 2011
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: desfile de comparsas
A text about the Crop Over festival in Barbados:

Por la noche, se lleva a cabo el desfile de comparsas llamado Cohobblopot, donde se elije al mejor y más llamativo disfraz del festival de Crop Over.
Wendy Gosselin
Local time: 13:24


Summary of answers provided
4 +3carnival group parade
Simon Bruni
5a parade with various groups of dancers performing
Carlota Eagley
4 +1dance team processionxxxFVS
4 +1mas (masquerade) band paradeRick Larg
4costume parade
nedra
4dance troupe paradepatinba
4 -1customs parade / drewe paade
Silvina P.
3street parade
Wendy Streitparth
3The Cohobblopot Pageant
manuel seixo


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dance team procession


Explanation:
Is what it is, I think.

xxxFVS
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or procession of dance groups. Comparsa is a Caribbean word: http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/comparsa
35 mins
  -> Thanks Phil.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
customs parade / drewe paade


Explanation:
I think that both terms apply

://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krewe

Silvina P.
Argentina
Local time: 13:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: "Customs" is "aduana". "Krewe" is unique to the Gulf of Mexico, and especially New Orleans (where I live).
37 mins
  -> so sorry! I meant to type COSTUME!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mas (masquerade) band parade


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-10-27 21:19:48 GMT)
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The mas bands (bands as in groups of people NOT players of instruments) 'play mas', which is dancing in the streets when dressed in a carnival costume at a Caribbean carnival .


    Reference: http://www.foxcarnival.com/History/NottingHillCarnival/NHMas...
    Reference: http://www.funbarbados.com/crop_over/kadooment_bands/mas_man...
Rick Larg
Spain
Local time: 18:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  freddipoo
12 hrs
  -> Well, thank you, Freddipoo
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
costume parade


Explanation:
It seems like this refers to the people parading, rather than the bands. If you do a search for:

"costume parades" barbados

you'll get a lot of hits.

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.proz.com/kudoz/4569680?bs=1#marker_submit
nedra
United States
Local time: 09:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
carnival group parade


Explanation:
A 'comparsa' is a carnival group. You could just say "carnival parade".

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shana Yael Shubs: "carnival parade" works well.
40 mins
  -> Thanks Shana
agree  neilmac: Works best for UK speakers IMO (carnival nowadays tends to be associated with Notting Hill's Caribbean-style jamboree)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Neil
agree  CBHarris: Most descriptive
1 day10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dance troupe parade


Explanation:
West Indian Festival Set For August Splash - Hartford Courant
articles.courant.com/.../9506140247_1_cultural-dance-troupe-carniv...
14 Jun 1995 – The 15-year-old dance troupe's parade theme this year is ``Spices of the Caribbean.'' Coleman said three sets of ornate and intricately detailed ...
All set for South Sudan's independence today
www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=193504
9 Jul 2011 – Women from a cultural dance troupe parade through Juba, the capital of soon-to-be independent South Sudan yesterday, a day before South ...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 13:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The Cohobblopot Pageant


Explanation:
And disregard ''comparsas''.

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 01:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
street parade


Explanation:
same only different

Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 18:24
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a parade with various groups of dancers performing


Explanation:
These dance groups called comparsas form part of the Canival (Marti Gras) parades in many Spanish speaking countries.

Carlota Eagley
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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