Festival Photos of Quebec Winter Carnival 2007

The Quebec Winter Carnival - A Festival of Heritage and Family Fun

The most colourful part of the Carnival is the brightly lit night parades. Every year some half a million spectators bundle up and line the snowy streets of the city. The parades feature fantastic floats, marching bands and many clowns. Even though it was freezing cold - about six degrees below zero - the night that I watched the parade, I could not believe my eyes when a band of young ladies marched by dressed in kilts.

To the Qu�b�cois, Carnaval is more than an annual celebration. It�s a state of mind, a place where for ten days every February, they glorify winter. It's a place where people's imaginations take over, where adults can feel like kids again. For the Qu�b�cois, winter is a time for rejoicing and what better way to do that than to join them in celebrating Carnaval.