Carnival Tattoo

Alderman JP Smith agreed to have the Cape Town Carnival logo tattooed on his back at a special function at the Civic Centre in Cape Town recently. Alderman Smith had previously remarked to Carnival CEO Michael Worsnip that if the Carnvial managed to fill Long St with people then he would tattoo the Carnival logo on his back. As you can see from the picture on the right Long St was indeed very full, and when Michael reminded JP of his bet he sportingly agreed to be branded by tattoo artist Miriam Moore.

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Cape Town Carnival a huge success

Long Street was fantasy-filled on Saturday as thousands of spectators lined the Carnival Corridor to catch a glimpse of the dancers, the floats and large puppets. The procession got off to a dream start with the roar of 100 Harleys and ended with bright lights and samba, Rio-style. "This was an event to remember because it was simply magical," said Carnival spokesman, Theo Koopman. For the many community dance schools across the city it was a dream opportunity to dance to a capacity crowd in Long Street that rivalled the world cup crowd with one dancer adding that it was unbelievable to dance for tens of thousands of cheering fans.