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In fact, Canal Pride is a three-day festival to rival The Netherlands' other big weekends during Karnaval in February and Queensday in April - but with more chance of good weather.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13863 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12395 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12395 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11703 Usually all the tourists from nearby Recife have gone home and it's party time for the locals. For the last six years the local men have all dressed up in drag and partied up and down the main street from the early afternoon into the night. It is hilarious and really good fun.

It may not have the glamour of Rio or the music and dance of the carnivals in Recife and Salvador but it is solid good fun.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11703 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11617
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Every bar and club in the district shuts its doors and moves its drinks to the windows, or on to tables outside and the streets become one huge party. A bit like the Notting Hill carnival should be: drink- and music-filled and unbelievably friendly.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6869 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2090 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2090