The last of the 13 groups participating in the Flower Parade went down Avenida do Mar on Sunday, May 4th.

In this 46th edition of the parade, the Império da Ilha Association, with the theme ‘My Tropical Island’, closes the Flower Parade, a celebration that symbolizes renewal and hope and is the main attraction of the Flower Festival. This year, the festival coincides with Mother’s Day in Portugal (the first Sunday of May).

Since 1979, the Flower Parade has stood out as the most magical and enchanting moment of the Flower Festival. A grand spectacle that transforms the city center into a garden of color and movement, where around 1,700 participants, including many children, dance and spread joy to the beat of the Iongo drums along the city’s main avenues—Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses and Avenida Sá Carneiro. The following groups paraded from 4:30 p.m. until the end of the program:

João Egídio Rodrigues ‘Madeira dos Meus Encantos’; Isabel Borges ‘Do Mar A Serra’; Caneca Furada Samba School ‘Flores de Sonho’; Animad Association ‘Rosarium’

Sorrisos de Fantasia ‘Secret Garden’; Tramas e Enredos Association ‘Flores e Sonhos’; FT Association – Fitness Team ‘Paradise’; Poeira D’Enigmas – Recreational and Cultural Association and Samba School ‘Ilha dos Sonhos Um Refugio Entre Céu e Mar’; Batucada da Madeira Association ⁃ ABM ‘Dona Orquídea e as suas Cores’; Palco D’ Emoções – Cultural, Recreational, Sports Association and Samba School ‘Um Sonho de Flores ⁃ Fado e a Rosa’; Geringonça Animation Association ‘Citrus Bloom’; Nuvem D’Afectos Animation Association ‘Povo de sonhos, Costumes e Flores’; Império da llha Cultural Association ‘Minha lha tropical’.

At the end, the floats will be regrouped in the parking lot at Pier 8, where they will remain on display until the end of the afternoon (6 p.m.) tomorrow, Monday, the 5th.

In Diário de Notícias-Madeira

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